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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Xiao Sang slowly approached the well’s edge and looked down into it, into the pitch-black below.
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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
The Oscar-winning Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu guides me from a pitch-black hallway into an open space, where beams of light and smoke, interspersed with sounds from the streets of Mexico City, create a vortex into a unique cinematic experience.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
But what about when your heart is pitch-black and your conscience is absent?
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
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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
The Oscar-winning Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu guides me from a pitch-black hallway into an open space, where beams of light and smoke, interspersed with sounds from the streets of Mexico City, create a vortex into a unique cinematic experience.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
But what about when your heart is pitch-black and your conscience is absent?
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 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 1 Mar. 2026.
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