pitch-black

Example Sentences

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That’s the same exact technology as in the Urbanista Los Angeles solar-powered headphones we reviewed last year, and they also quote the same 80 hours of “reserve” battery life, even in a pitch-black room.

From The Verge

The film is more of a mood piece, and much of its pitch-black humor derives from the contrast between the barren landscape and the sheer number of horrors it contains.

From New York Times

It was 1 a.m. and pitch-black in the village of Volodymyrivka, in Donetsk province, when everything went sideways.

From Los Angeles Times

A pitch-black background is speckled with thousands of distinct lights, some starlike in their brilliance, others smudgy, and still others smaller than pinpoints.

From Washington Post

The third wave arrived between the fifth and sixth innings, a pitch-black sky that came with lightning, wind gusts and a deluge stronger than the first rain.

From Seattle Times