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The moon was just rising above the horizon, but under the trees the darkness was Stygian.
THE HILLHORACE ANNESLEY VACHELL
Justus Miles was the first to come to, and he found himself in Stygian blackness.
THE HEADS OF APEXFRANCIS FLAGG
At the far end of this courtyard a shadowy pavilion arose, culled from the Stygian gloom by the sheen of the lightnings.
UNDER THE WITCHES' MOONNATHAN GALLIZIER
Not a star could blink a wan ray of light into that Stygian pit.
THE MAN OF THE FORESTZANE GREY
He descended by a cave situated on the side of the promontory of Tænarus, and arrived in the Stygian realm.
THE CLASSIC MYTHS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE AND IN ART (2ND ED.) (1911)CHARLES MILLS GAYLEY
No hounds will follow us over that hideous heath and through that Stygian stream.
MR. FORTESCUEWILLIAM WESTALL
There was a grim massiveness about Stygian architecture that was overpowering and oppressive.
THE HOUR OF THE DRAGONROBERT E. HOWARD
As I came out of the Stygian gloom of the belt of evergreens I knew that some subtle change had taken place.
A MAID OF THE KENTUCKY HILLSEDWIN CARLILE LITSEY
Still these lye howling on the Stygian shore, O love no more, O love no more.
THE MAD LOVERFRANCIS BEAUMONT
Never was army of ants or of men bound in such a Stygian quagmire before.
FRESH FIELDSJOHN BURROUGHS

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cause célèbrenoun | [kawz suh-leb-ruh, -leb; French kohz sey-leb-ruh ]SEE DEFINITION