pitch-dark
Example Sentences
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Lines formed at old wells as people lugged jugs of water to pitch-dark apartments in Kyiv.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2023
Northern Irish folk-horror merges with the grim European police procedural genre in “Mandrake,” a pitch-dark tale of witchcraft and murder from director Lynne Davison and screenwriter Matt Harvey.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2022
There are solid, sensible reasons for "saving daylight," like for women who feel much safer going for an after-work run when it's not pitch-dark outside.
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2022
A nicely arranged bouquet of flowers can brighten up a bedside table, while an Edible Arrangement must huddle in the pitch-dark fridge.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2022
Now the four of them lay in a heap in the pitch-dark.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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