dark tunnel

collocation in English

meaningsofdarkandtunnel

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dark
adjective
uk
/dɑːk/us
/dɑːrk/
with little or ...
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tunnel
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʌn.əl/us
/ˈtʌn.əl/
a long passage under or through the ground, especially one made ...
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(Definition ofdarkandtunnelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdark tunnel

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We are going through a longdarktunneland no one can see the light.
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I hope that we have now gone through the long,darktunnel.
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He talked about travelling through adarktunneland seeing a light ahead.
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There seems no flicker of light at the end of what is a longdarktunnel.
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As that faint glimmer of light appears at the end of a long anddarktunnel, we should ask ourselves what lessons there are to be learnt for the future.
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We were passing through a verydarktunneland our hopes of reaching the end were a little dismal.
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Finally, at the end of a longdarktunnel, staff have been offered a wholly inadequate compensation package.
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It seems to me that this is the first glimmer of light at the end of our journey through a very long,darktunnel.
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The doors to the basement were painted to create the illusion of adarktunnel.
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The finale of the ride is a longdarktunnelbefore a turbulent splash pool.
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Toward the end were two helices, and finally a drop into adarktunnel.
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The river flows into adarktunnel, and leads to a ladder.
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Special effects include rock canyons, geysers, water features, and adarktunnel.
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Leaving the outdoor loading station, riders enter adarktunnel.
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The train enters adarktunneland no one can see anything.
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Doggett leads the team into thedarktunnel.
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To access this park the visitors must first walk through adarktunnel, which leads to stairs into the middle of the park.
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Visitors enter into the cathedral through adarktunneland emerge into a bright space with a glass roof.
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Those facing a watery entrance had to canoe across a lake before crawling through a damp anddarktunnel.
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The family is headed towards a grave disaster till hope makes its presence felt at the end of thedarktunnel...
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