pitch-dark
Example Sentences
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“Passengers should prepare to be in a very confined, pitch-dark space for hours,” a Bloomberg piece on Vescovo’s business explained.
From Slate • Jun. 20, 2023
Northern Irish folk-horror merges with the grim European police procedural genre in “Mandrake,” a pitch-dark tale of witchcraft and murder from director Lynne Davison and screenwriter Matt Harvey.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2022
There are solid, sensible reasons for "saving daylight," like for women who feel much safer going for an after-work run when it's not pitch-dark outside.
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2022
Some residents huddled in a pitch-dark basement for shelter, unsure where they could go and how they would get food if they left.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2022
As the door closed behind them, everything went pitch-dark.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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