stygian
Example Sentences
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There, Levi conjured a Stygian exoplanet of glissandos and microtones and processed percussive sounds, evoking the truly alien better than the most lavish special effects ever could have done.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 23, 2017
Is the name a nod to the local passion for the Stygian side of the beer world?
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2016
For the next 90 minutes, we traveled the Stygian depths separately, our frantic text messages to each other getting through only when our trains briefly surfaced over the East River.
From Washington Post • May 8, 2016
An ominous, rumbling score adds menace, suspended chords and electronic creaks suggesting a descent into some Stygian world.
From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2014
The only light came from the dim purple glow of a dark sword, its Stygian iron blade set against one side of the container.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
