pitch-black
Example Sentences
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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
Cameron Winter hunched over the keys on a nearly pitch-black stage at the downtown Los Angeles’s Palace Theatre.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
It’s hardly a stretch to think that pitch-black darkness at a freakishly early hour could similarly deter would-be voters, out of either sloth or self-preservation.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2025
And how did it feel, for a scientist, to descend to such extreme, pitch-black depths?
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025
The museum was pitch-black except for the bits of light Aru had been able to convince Vajra to spit out.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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