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Meanings of starless in English

Not starry; having no stars or starlike objects.

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        Examples for "starry"
        Examples for "starry"
        1
        It was pleasant there; the air came fresh from the starry sky.
        Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
        2
        The starry nights echoed our young voices singing in the clear air.
        Brook Farm: Historic and Personal Memoirs
        3
        You will see him tomorrow, still starry eyed after all those years.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Tom rode off before dawn into a starry night clear of snow.
        The diary of mattie spenser
        5
        But it wasn't that view of starry space, merely a lightless alcove.
        Seize the night
        Usage of starless in English
        1
        The starless firmament pressed down upon the earth like a leaden cover.
        Roads of Destiny
        2
        And off it ran through the starless night, in long, soundless leaps.
        The Neverending Story
        3
        Thus on that starless night the Shallows were peopled by uneasy souls.
        The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
        4
        That night passed: all nights-eventhe starless night before dissolution-mustwear away.
        Villette
        5
        Whirling, she fled out of the keep and into the starless night.
        Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
        6
        The night of the battle was starless, full of smoke and flames.
        The Neverending Story
        7
        It was still nighttime, and the sky was now a starless black.
        Maleficent
        8
        Her skin was olive and her hair black as the starless night.
        Book Four: Tales From Ancient Days
        9
        It was close and clear; starless, too; and no moon hung upon it.
        The Poor Little Rich Girl
        10
        Bright leaves into the night wind; stars on the starless night.
        Fugitive pieces
        11
        It was a dark, starless night; very misty on the road.
        Adventures of a Despatch Rider
        12
        Up against the unbroken blackness of the starless sky their huge forms towered.
        The Girl in the Golden Atom
        13
        Misty and starless, the dark sky spread its majestic obscurity over the earth.
        The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story
        14
        The blackness of the moonless, starless night seems to oppress him.
        Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, M...
        15
        At last the boat crept out into the rainy, starless night.
        Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
        16
        It shone out with dazzling brightness against the murky, starless sky.
        The Woman in White
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        United Kingdom
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        United States of America
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