stygian
Example Sentences
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Sometimes we come to a fuller reckoning of ourselves through the most Stygian passageways.
From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2023
He parked next to a dimly lit footbridge, which wobbled with our passage above a Stygian chasm.
From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022
Is the name a nod to the local passion for the Stygian side of the beer world?
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2016
The same is true of the second episode, “Fifteen Million Merits,” a Stygian tale of an immersively “gamified” society in which young lovers see a televised singing competition as their only possibility for escape.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 29, 2014
Nico drew his sword—three feet of wicked sharp Stygian iron, black as a nightmare.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
