The challenge is to pick out oil from other dark spots, such as shadows made by clouds or patches of seaweed.
VOA: standard.2010.07.05
The deaf-mute helped my grandfather to his feet and led him to the door, where he could see thedark field swimming with shadows: the villagers, the snowdrifts, the fence.
Even the bright spots had darkshadows: He married 22-year-old Shannon Price in 2007, but the marriage hit the rocks before they had celebrated their first anniversary.