English to afrikaans meaning of

starless

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "sterloos" is "om geen sterre sigbaar te hê nie, hetsy weens atmosferiese toestande of omdat daar geen sterre in daardie deel van die lug is nie." Die woord kan ook metafories gebruik word om 'n situasie of ervaring te beskryf wat leeg, somber of sonder hoop voel, asof die leidende lig van sterre afwesig is.

Sentence Examples

  1. Overhead it was a deep Indian red and starless, and south-eastward it grew brighter to a glowing scarlet where, cut by the horizon, lay the huge hull of the sun, red and motionless.
  2. But then the blank, starless ceiling of the cell confronted me, and the cold, horrible pressure of the handcuffs on my wrists and ankles returned.
  3. More than once, I caught a glimpse out of the corner of my eye of something on the horizon that resembled the Northern Lights, but whenever I looked at it head-on, all I saw was the flat starless gray of a cloudy sky at night.
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