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as in darkened
being without light or without much light
finding anything in a pitch-black room is almost impossible
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Recent Examples of pitch-black
Active adventures include zip-lining through the jungle, scaling giant ficus trees, or venturing out into the pitch-black night to search for nocturnal animals with a wildlife guide.
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Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
In the pitch-black, storm-lashed hours before dawn Friday, surging floodwaters unexpectedly ravaged the region, including a campsite filled with sleeping children.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 6 July 2025
And the manner in which Victor presents this narrative, with such verve and confidence and tenderness and pitch-black humor, defies easy description.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
What is surprising is that this pitch-black comedy has become one of the definitive teen movies of the '80s.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for pitch-black
Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
In the pitch-black, storm-lashed hours before dawn Friday, surging floodwaters unexpectedly ravaged the region, including a campsite filled with sleeping children.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 6 July 2025
And the manner in which Victor presents this narrative, with such verve and confidence and tenderness and pitch-black humor, defies easy description.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
What is surprising is that this pitch-black comedy has become one of the definitive teen movies of the '80s.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for pitch-black
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pitch-black
Adjective
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Havaianas Keys flip-flop, in black, which was decked out with silver keys along the straps.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
5 Aug. 2025
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The all-star Back to the Beginning concert, which reportedly raised more than $190 million for charities, included Osbourne playing five songs from his solo career and four more with his original Sabbath bandmates while seated on a black throne.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Sydney Sweeney’s new dark crime comedy Americana is new in theaters this weekend.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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One look at his lone, dark face in his Brighton High class picture tells you.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Earth features similarly murky visuals and fearsome monsters, many original to the show.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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As with many of the trade deals Trump has announced, many of the particulars with the EU-U.S. agreement remain quite murky.—
Saige Miller,
NPR,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Pitch-black.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitch-black. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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