pitch-black
Example Sentences
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She dissects those feelings of inadequacy with pitch-black humour on In My Room.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
AFP saw multiple blazes burning on hillsides and along roads between Pai and Chiang Mai, lighting up patches of otherwise pitch-black countryside.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The result was pitch-black neighborhoods at night and dead traffic lights at intersections.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
It was pitch-black out—not even a suggestion of dawn streaked the sky above.
From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025
The house was pitch-black and mustier than Trotter’s.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
