pitch-dark
Example Sentences
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Battalion members prepared the drones in pitch dark, illuminated only by red torches.
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
The streets are dead quiet and pitch dark by 10 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024
"I can't swim," he kept telling the men around him, as they shuffled down the wet slipway in the pitch dark, towards the icy waves.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2024
In the pitch dark and the driving rain, he determined the meter was not broken or leaking.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2023
When Esme’s headlights shine up the driveway, we’re all standing in the pitch dark.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
