Examples of pitch-dark in a Sentence
with its only light burned out, the closet was pitch-dark
on a whim she bleached her pitch-dark hair blond
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Following his four-time Oscar-winning 2019 smash, the director returns in Mickey 17 to sci-fi, skewering autocracy and even attempted genocide in a pitch-dark comedy about colonization.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
Geo News and broadcaster ARY both reported that a massive raid was launched by security forces in pitch-dark central Islamabad, where lights had been turned off and a barrage of tear gas was fired.
—Reuters, NBC News, 27 Nov. 2024
Alas, The Man said no to his dream of swinging a pickaxe all day within the bowels of a pitch-dark cave, and so poor Steve grew up to be the saddest doorknob salesman that Chuglass, Idaho had ever seen.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2025
Its themes and plots were often pitch-dark and inhabited by hypnotists, somnambulists, mediums, spies, the devil himself, serial killers, and crime bosses.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Geo News and broadcaster ARY both reported that a massive raid was launched by security forces in pitch-dark central Islamabad, where lights had been turned off and a barrage of tear gas was fired.
—Reuters, NBC News, 27 Nov. 2024
The tips of my lashes are blonde and can make a mascara look rather dusty if it's not pigmented enough, but that wasn't a concern with this pitch-dark formulation.
—Talia Gutierrez, Allure, 8 July 2024
The book also shares with Park’s films a pitch-dark, absurdist humor.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
In Merlo’s delirious play—staged by the director Jack Serio with the audience seated at a long table in a pitch-dark room—a genderqueer teen is missing, and their detective father is on the case.
—The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2024
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
Geo News and broadcaster ARY both reported that a massive raid was launched by security forces in pitch-dark central Islamabad, where lights had been turned off and a barrage of tear gas was fired.
—Reuters, NBC News, 27 Nov. 2024
Alas, The Man said no to his dream of swinging a pickaxe all day within the bowels of a pitch-dark cave, and so poor Steve grew up to be the saddest doorknob salesman that Chuglass, Idaho had ever seen.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2025
Its themes and plots were often pitch-dark and inhabited by hypnotists, somnambulists, mediums, spies, the devil himself, serial killers, and crime bosses.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Geo News and broadcaster ARY both reported that a massive raid was launched by security forces in pitch-dark central Islamabad, where lights had been turned off and a barrage of tear gas was fired.
—Reuters, NBC News, 27 Nov. 2024
The tips of my lashes are blonde and can make a mascara look rather dusty if it's not pigmented enough, but that wasn't a concern with this pitch-dark formulation.
—Talia Gutierrez, Allure, 8 July 2024
The book also shares with Park’s films a pitch-dark, absurdist humor.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
In Merlo’s delirious play—staged by the director Jack Serio with the audience seated at a long table in a pitch-dark room—a genderqueer teen is missing, and their detective father is on the case.
—The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Pitch-dark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pitch-dark. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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