There was the paddle, floating at no great distance, visible in the dark water as a darker blot, against the reflection of the sunset.

Finally I could see the entrance of the mine, a darker blot in the pervading grayness.

The blood had formed a large, dark blot on the back of Manfred's jacket, with tendrils reaching down the sides.

To the west the mountains bumped, a darker blot against the sky.

With their adiamante hulls, they were dark blots against the stars, with occasional energy bursts that represented comm exchanges between ships.

Why would you want me there, stealing a few rays of your spotlight and reminding everyone of that large, dark blot on your career?

They were only darker blots against the twilight, which came so quickly.

They were hardly visible to human eyes, darker blots against the night sky, picked out with navigation lights.

And there were stains of occupancy - that dark brown blot on the worktable.

Khuv, pale in the bright lights, with eyes that were dark blots in his doughy face, nodded.