Last night during the depths of the storm, the television was dark and silent.

FORBES: The Big Lesson of #Sandy: Connectivity Matters in an Emergency

He looks down and finds that the electrical cord leads to the television now a dark, silent box lying on the floor at his feet.

NEWYORKER: The TV

They were dark and silent.

WSJ: Ancient Village Rises in Shanghai; The Shock of the Old

Pre-preview announcements continue to pound home the message that our smartphones should be silent and dark while the movie plays.

FORBES: Just Like Social TV, Big Data Is Coming To The Movies [Infographic]

Once the procession of commuter pickups with their flaring headlights had passed, everything was silent and dark the groomed shops on the main street, the courthouse, the gas stations trimmed with hedges, the Gothic prep school behind the lake.

NEWYORKER: Wakefield