1.   But only when a ray of light attempts to pierce this darkness does the real, eerie action unroll.

2.   The darkness was pierced by the beam from the lighthouse.

3.   On a cold Sunday morning recently, the darkness was pierced by the lights of a line of cars.

4.   The sunlight seeping into the cells at Madison Street Jail must now pierce a darkness imposed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

5.   Mirsada Buric still hears the screams of young men piercing the darkness.