pitch-dark
Example Sentences
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Battalion members prepared the drones in pitch dark, illuminated only by red torches.
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
Ingebrigtsen described that period as "pitch dark" before the championships, speaking to Norwegian broadcaster NRK.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025
The streets are dead quiet and pitch dark by 10 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024
It was pitch dark at night because the area was still out of power.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2024
Pippin sat miserably by the door in the pitch dark; but he kept on turning round, fearing that some unknown thing would crawl up out of the well.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
