Examples of pitch-black in a Sentence
finding anything in a pitch-black room is almost impossible
a pitch-black cat with green eyes
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Despite all this timeliness and pedigree, though, and a cast led by Gen Z superstars Jaeden Martell and Asa Butterfield, this pitch-black, thrillingly toxic comedy only landed at Tribeca Festival last year after being rejected by both Sundance and SXSW.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2026
Photos and video show the explorers squeezing through jagged crevices deep inside the karsts, using flashlights to guide them further along an otherwise pitch-black maze of rocky burrows.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Xiao Sang slowly approached the well’s edge and looked down into it, into the pitch-black below.
—Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
The cave was pitch-black, silent, and alive with what looked like a galaxy of bioluminescent stars.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2026
Photos and video show the explorers squeezing through jagged crevices deep inside the karsts, using flashlights to guide them further along an otherwise pitch-black maze of rocky burrows.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Xiao Sang slowly approached the well’s edge and looked down into it, into the pitch-black below.
—Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
The cave was pitch-black, silent, and alive with what looked like a galaxy of bioluminescent stars.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for pitch-black
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“Pitch-black.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pitch-black. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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