1.   Old blackout curtains staunch the break of day.

2.   ...blackout curtains.

3.   He got up and padded into the living room and peered out through a chink in the blackout curtains.

4.   It has always seemed like an indulgence to sleep late behind blackout curtains when the sun is shining and the day is calling.

5.   The article that described how to make blackout curtains from newspapers provided alternatives.

6.   The family van is outfitted with blackout curtains.

7.   There were blackout curtains on the windows in the Stanford dormitories.

8.   This was in keeping with a tradition that started minutes after the BBC announcement when Danes tore down blackout curtains and put candles in window sills.