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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
Sorry, Baby is extremely up my alley, a deeply moving, highly empathetic story of overcoming trauma, laced with pitch-black humor.
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2025
In the pitch-black abyss, photosynthesis is impossible.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
Say my headlamp and my backup headlamp went out, and I was left to fend for myself in the pitch-black.
—Julia Sullivan, Outside, 18 Dec. 2025
Next door, at the nearly pitch-black bar Nothing Really Matters, a pair of court officers knocked back tomato martinis as a couple got handsy over pilsners a few seats down.
—The Editors, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2025
In the pitch-black abyss, photosynthesis is impossible.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
Say my headlamp and my backup headlamp went out, and I was left to fend for myself in the pitch-black.
—Julia Sullivan, Outside, 18 Dec. 2025
Next door, at the nearly pitch-black bar Nothing Really Matters, a pair of court officers knocked back tomato martinis as a couple got handsy over pilsners a few seats down.
—The Editors, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pitch-black
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pitch-black
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Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui posted a video to X over the weekend, showing a dazzling view of auroras spreading like a tall blanket over the darkened Earth below.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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An Iranian amateur boxer was shot and killed by Iranian security forces during ongoing anti-regime protests near Tehran, and his father spent a week searching before identifying his body in a black body bag.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The innocent girl turned jaded seductress, peeling off her sheer black lingerie to pose for the camera.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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This part of Utah is known for its dark skies which makes for optimal stargazing.—
Brittany Anas,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Prior to Washington's intervention, Venezuela relied on dark fleet tankers to export its oil and most flows headed to China, a key market for bitumen-rich grades such as Merey.—
Weilun Soon Bloomberg,
Arkansas Online,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Despite hundreds of Americans being fired or suspended by employers as a result, the pitch-dark humor that permeates our social media ecosystem was not to be suppressed.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
21 Dec. 2025
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One of the officers, a special-forces commando who discussed the operation on condition of anonymity, recalls lying in the pitch-dark belly of a river barge alongside dozens of his comrades, all of them armed to the hilt, eyeing one another through night-vision goggles.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Experts say while some practices by volunteers are acts of nonviolent civil disobedience, others may fall into murkier legal territory.—
Isabel Rosales,
CNN Money,
22 Jan. 2026
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But once again, Pietrek’s detective work shines a light on the murkier areas, digging up receipts and orders for rum—hundreds of thousands of gallons’ worth—from various sources.—
Tony Sachs,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Pitch-black.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitch-black. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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