How to Use pitch-black in a Sentence

pitch-black

adjective
  • The team is out for the third night in a row, walking the pitch-black beach.
    Nina Burleigh, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The sky is pitch-black and the hum of insects the only sound in the cloud forest.
    Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2023
  • On a pitch-black evening, on the anniversary of Ye’s, (f.k.a.
    Mark Braboy, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Ahead of them, the race’s 55-mile course curled into the still pitch-black winter day.
    Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2023
  • In the fourth and final season of the pitch-black show business satire, Hader was at the elm of each of the eight episodes.
    Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2023
  • The pitch-black night sky lit up in fiery hues of crimson and tangerine.
    Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
  • But the footage was obscured by heavy snowfall and flashing lights of the police cars against the pitch-black night sky.
    Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 28 May 2024
  • The rooms are pitch-black save for a small hole in the ceiling, two stories above, that allows in a sliver of light.
    David Culver, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The pitch-black ending must have shocked audiences in 1948.
    Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
  • The video cuts to pitch-black and everything goes quiet — except for the sound of his breathing.
    Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The first volume features a beige color scheme, the second volume a pitch-black one, and the third has a dark blue hue.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Headlights are easy to see for someone walking down a pitch-black street.
    Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The group of about 20 cars struggled to drive through unpaved roads in near pitch-black conditions.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 26 July 2024
  • Above all, her mindset during the 24-7, pitch-black months has proved that there is, in fact, always a bright side to living in the dark.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Above all, her mindset during the 24-7, pitch-black months has proved that there is, in fact, always a bright side to living in the dark.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Michelle also designed the underside of the talons, painting them with a pitch-black hue.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 26 Sep. 2023
  • To add to the troubles, night time is truly pitch-black — even a torch only allows the player to see a few feet in front of them.
    Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
  • To add to the troubles, night time is truly pitch-black — even a torch only allows the player to see a few feet in front of them.
    Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The installation required a pitch-black screening room and the film began with a six-minute scene of the descent down the shaft.
    Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times, 10 May 2024
  • Sasha tried to see his surroundings through the pitch-black southern darkness.
    Vladimir Sorokin, Harper's Magazine, 13 July 2022
  • The beach was pitch-black and dangerous, the waves ferociously slamming the shore.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
  • There was really only one true answer: lots and lots of pitch-black, butt-length hair.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Zoom in: Divers worked in 20-minute shifts around the wreckage, swimming through the pitch-black depths and taking breaks at times to replace their suits, torn by debris.
    Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
  • One model's straight, pitch-black hair was swept back into a ponytail to highlight the white strands along her hairline.
    Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 14 Feb. 2024
  • In the pitch-black afternoon, when only the orange of the embers pierced through the thick plumes of smoke, Hingano stopped shivering for a moment.
    Melissa Chan, NBC News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • On top of a pitch-black base, Bachik added the individual blooms in white, blue, yellow, and purple hues.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The result is a script that melds family-friendly goofiness with the pitch-black comedy that White is known for.
    Chris Stanton, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Laced with pitch-black humor and ending on a thrilling cliffhanger, Sweetpea is one of the most surprisingly great shows of 2024.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Those who attack guards or start fights are sent to small solitary confinement cells that are kept nearly pitch-black.
    George Petras, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
  • But the show itself isn’t so quick to ignore the pitch-black truths behind luxurious facades.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025

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