coal-black

Example Sentences

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On Fox News, Essayli, sporting a blue FBI windbreaker, hyped the arrest of Orellana, a quiet, wiry man with a long mane of coal-black hair.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

In 2011, nomads roaming the western Sahara encountered precious time capsules from Mars: coal-black chunks of a meteorite, strewn across the dunes.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 5, 2023

Donning a blue T-shirt and black shorts, his hair a coal-black, messy mound on his head, the writer was thoughtful, relaxed and casual.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2022

TJ’s mom, whose beauty and coal-black hair is celebrated, is “the color of peaches and brown sugar.”

From Slate • Aug. 30, 2018

And then, alone in the coach, pulled by a team of four coal-black stallions, Lord Primus left the village of Nottaway, in significantly worse temper than he had arrived there.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman