pitch-black
Example Sentences
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She dissects those feelings of inadequacy with pitch-black humour on In My Room.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
AFP saw multiple blazes burning on hillsides and along roads between Pai and Chiang Mai, lighting up patches of otherwise pitch-black countryside.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
A man’s voice cut through the rain pelting the pitch-black Caribbean Sea, just audible between two boats tossed around by 10-foot waves.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
It was pitch-black out—not even a suggestion of dawn streaked the sky above.
From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025
The city is pitch-black, but even if it wasn’t, I wouldn’t be able to see very far.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
