stygian
Example Sentences
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He parked next to a dimly lit footbridge, which wobbled with our passage above a Stygian chasm.
From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022
The summer-stock theatricality of finding each other dissipated as the pair walked along the museum’s Stygian passageways.
From The New Yorker • May 8, 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
An ominous, rumbling score adds menace, suspended chords and electronic creaks suggesting a descent into some Stygian world.
From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2014
A sword appeared in the giant’s hand—a Stygian iron blade much like Nico’s, except five times the size.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
