It was pale in the darkness; gray against black.

Just a mass of gray darkness occasionally lit by lightning.

It was gray banded darkness just before the sun would wink over the horizon.

He placed both hands on the stone and peered out into the swirling grey darkness.

Outside, gray darkness had given way to falling snow and gusty wind.

He heard a faint stirring in the gray darkness.

They turned away slowly, seeming to walk into the grey darkness, and were gone.

A black shadow in the gray darkness, larger than before but of ill-defined shape.

To the north, John could begin to see the glow of other ships, their lights bright against the lowering gray darkness.

He slipped it below his chin and stared up at the gray darkness inside the car, trying to ignore the man beside him.