stygian

Example Sentences

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Sometimes we come to a fuller reckoning of ourselves through the most Stygian passageways.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2023

He parked next to a dimly lit footbridge, which wobbled with our passage above a Stygian chasm.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022

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

The pictures – dramatic, intense, Stygian and insistently putting the Bible into the here and now – were like nothing seen before and their effect was instantaneous.

From The Guardian • Oct. 7, 2016

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