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 was pitch-black out—not even a suggestion of dawn streaked the sky above.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

To think treasure hunters could be making the journey in the pitch-black sounds fanciful and yet this site has fallen victim to nighthawking multiple times.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

It’s almost pitch-black in Chris’s room—the red sky shines a bit of light through his windows.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas