pitch-dark
Example Sentences
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It was pitch-dark when he drove out through the tree-lined street, as heavy embers and fiery debris rained down.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
“Passengers should prepare to be in a very confined, pitch-dark space for hours,” a Bloomberg piece on Vescovo’s business explained.
From Slate • Jun. 20, 2023
Lines formed at old wells as people lugged jugs of water to pitch-dark apartments in Kyiv.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2023
Uranus is so far away — 1.9 billion miles — that unless you’re in a pitch-dark area like the Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve, you’ll need a magnification device.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2023
It was pitch-dark, and only the floodlights illuminated the scene.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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