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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DaCosta reteams with Sean Bobbitt, who shot both Hedda and The Marvels, for a pitch-black descent into hell that holds up, despite its January release, as one of the very best horror films of the year.
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Gerrad Hall,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 July 2026
This Cannes Directors’ Fortnight prizewinner sets out its pitch-black-comic stall early with a prologue in which, after a brief contretemps, local man Raoul Brun (Jean-Louis Coulloc’h) blows his supercilious neighbor’s head off with a shotgun and then disappears.
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Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
16 June 2026
In pitch-black tunnels in a remote mine in central Laos, rescuers are risking their lives to save seven miners who have been trapped for a week.
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Matt Gutman,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
Some areas of the pitch-black and partially flooded tunnel appear very narrow, with a width of roughly 23 inches.
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Kocha Olarn,
CNN Money,
27 May 2026
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Gerrad Hall,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 July 2026
This Cannes Directors’ Fortnight prizewinner sets out its pitch-black-comic stall early with a prologue in which, after a brief contretemps, local man Raoul Brun (Jean-Louis Coulloc’h) blows his supercilious neighbor’s head off with a shotgun and then disappears.
—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
16 June 2026
In pitch-black tunnels in a remote mine in central Laos, rescuers are risking their lives to save seven miners who have been trapped for a week.
—
Matt Gutman,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
Some areas of the pitch-black and partially flooded tunnel appear very narrow, with a width of roughly 23 inches.
—
Kocha Olarn,
CNN Money,
27 May 2026
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“Pitch-black.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pitch-black. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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