black

Example Sentences

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Rocket Lab investors geek out over the company’s signature aesthetic, from its sleek black carbon-fiber Electron rockets to a custom-built mission-control center designed with pitch-black walls and crimson LED lighting.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

There are an estimated 60,000 black bears in California.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

“It’s a major black eye for college athletics,” Kansas State athletic director Gene Taylor said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Before being elected to Congress, Bass served in the California state assembly, where she became the first black woman to serve as a House speaker in any state legislature.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

In Mama’s day married women—and unmarried ones “of a certain age”—wore black from the chin to the ground.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom