pitch-black
Example Sentences
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It was his first time living in the suburbs, where it was pitch-black at night and he needed to drive 15 minutes to buy anything.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
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
It was pitch-black out—not even a suggestion of dawn streaked the sky above.
From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025
The upper corridor of the Mutton is pitch-black, silent.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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