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
The sky is pitch dark with smoke when she and her husband evacuate at 7:30 p.m with huge embers raining down around them.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025
It was pitch dark, so we couldn't see clearly.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023
In the pitch dark and the driving rain, he determined the meter was not broken or leaking.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2023
But apart from the spider she was alone in the closet in the pitch dark.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
