1.   A third was face down beneath a dark blanket.

2.   By Wednesday the flood plains along the Guadiamar were coated with a rubbery dark blanket, as if swamped by a huge oil spill.

3.   The air stung with the smell of the jet fuel that had settled over the water like a dark blanket.

4.   The dark blanket of prairie disappeared despite the bright moon.

5.   Wearing white prison garb, she had a dark gray blanket pulled over her legs and hips.

6.   Wrapped in dark blankets and thick dark turbans, three fierce-looking tribesmen stared at the outsiders approaching the village.

7.   The brush of silver light across the dark blanket of water was amazing.