How to Use black in a Sentence

black

1 of 2 adjective
  • The black bands loop through the shoelace slots in all types of shoes.
    — Olivia Evans, womenshealthmag.com, 17 May 2023
  • On top of the tiny shorts, Kendall pulled up a cheeky black thong.
    — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 4 May 2023
  • The sinkhole looked like a black wound in a green field.
    — Allison Keeley, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Use a hand blender to quickly make a soup of the black beans.
    — Manal Aman, Woman's Day, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Or from one of the black and white sequences in Part 8?
    — Joanna Robinson, HWD, 10 July 2017
  • The room, the world, is nothing but black except for the stairs.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The heavy black fringe felt cool and silky against my bare legs.
    — Christine Lennon, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2020
  • The pig with white hair and black spots stumbles to her hooves.
    — Keith Bierygolick, The Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The units are size 3.7 and 5.8 qt. and were sold in black, gray, white, blue, or red.
    — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The Duchess looked chic in a tuxedo-style black dress for that event.
    — Maggie Maloney, Town & Country, 16 Jan. 2019
  • Oh, and don’t forget the black garlic home fries on the side.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022
  • More than one-third of the Seguin student body is black.
    — Mark Heim, AL.com, 28 Oct. 2017
  • The singer paired a purple fuzzy coat with a black lace crop top and pants.
    — ELLE, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Walker came away with a cut and a black, bruised and swollen eye.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Her bangs are curled around her brows and pinned with a sweet black bow for a retro vibe.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Overhead, a canopy of stars stretched across the bluish-black winter sky.
    — Pilar Guzmán, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2023
  • In other clips, black bears wander up and down the path.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Big brown eyes, a box cut of curly black hair and a sweet, charming smile.
    — Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal, 29 Nov. 2019
  • While chicken cooks, mash black beans with a fork in a small bowl.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The neutral white and black pattern will match any style of decor.
    — Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Don’t eat garlic with fuzzy gray, black, or blue spots on the clove.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The bag is on sale in three colors: black, orange, and pink.
    — Andie Kanaras, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Sports reporters of the day make no mention of the fact that all the Rens are black and the All-Stars are all white.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • His look was finished off with navy socks and black loafers.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Its white and light-brown feathers were caked with black crude.
    — Robin Estrin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
  • In the first shot, both men were decked out in black tactical gear.
    — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 7 June 2023
  • Behind a black curtain, Demi Moore looked spookily glam in a suicide-blond wig with black roots.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
  • Rocky, meanwhile, wore a camel trench over a gray tee, along with black jeans and combat boots.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
  • Dozens of women dressed in black clothes and pink balaclavas had gathered outside the pavilion.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
  • Above, Jane Fonda, 88, who is no slouch at doing a black sheath, did the ultimate black sheath, of course.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026

black

2 of 2 noun
  • The wall was painted in black.
  • She was dressed in black.
  • That left the school about $1 million in the black for the year.
    — Freep.com, 12 Feb. 2021
  • The sky is clear and moonless, the stars sharp in the black.
    — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2021
  • The slippers come in black—and the navy that’s shown—and run small.
    — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 28 Oct. 2022
  • That will lead to a draw, which is the best black can do here.
    — Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2022
  • And all the woodwork in the house is painted a brown-black.
    — Kaitlin Menza, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2020
  • The spacecraft had found a white dot on a field of black.
    — David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Yes, the night is pitch-black, but the stars shine all the more brightly for it.
    — TheWeek, 8 Mar. 2020
  • Or maybe this is where this movie starts to fade to black.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Most of the ones at the Phillips are in shades of white, beige or rose; two are dusty black.
    — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The Christmas star turned to ash like Mary dressed in black.
    — Ostap Kin, The New York Review of Books, 23 Mar. 2022
  • This was the year drillers were going to surge into the black.
    — Mark Olalde, USA TODAY, 11 July 2020
  • At the School for Evil, students are all dark-haired and dressed in black.
    — Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 20 Oct. 2022
  • By game time, the crowd at the sleek black trailed had only swelled to five or six.
    — Doug MacCash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 13 Sep. 2020
  • Williams, who also is black, says the center will tell the truth about the war.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2019
  • One legacy of apartheid is that many blacks live far from where the jobs are.
    — The Economist, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Cedrick is black and has brown eyes and black braided hair.
    — Dallas News, 10 July 2019
  • His portraits have a rich tonal range, from the whitest white to grays to the blackest black.
    — Redeat Wondemu, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Start with a white base over the entire face, then outline the eyes in black.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Propane: Makes lots of black smoke and soot—good for outdoor fires.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2018
  • Roll 5/8-inch ball of black; press onto front of body to form head.
    — Megan Fulweiler, Woman's Day, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Not these ladies, who proved that all things alabaster may be the new black.
    — Carson Griffith, Town & Country, 1 May 2014
  • Two people, a man, and a woman dressed all in black, got out of a car.
    — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Use colors of this chakra: white with a bit of gray and sometimes a hint of black.
    — Nathalie Kirby, House Beautiful, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Snag them in a versatile black, or opt for something a little lighter for summer, like this pair with a touch of electric blue.
    — Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
  • Foliage color ranges from chartreuse to bronze to purple to purple-black.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
  • Other than your standard black, there's a neutral grey tone, Stone, that will fit into just about any color scheme.
    — Anthony Karcz, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • My team painted the ceiling black; along with the wallpaper and inky bedding, black was my 60 percent.
    — Eleni N. Gage, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2026
  • Its fur was the mottled grey and russet brown of autumn leaves, the tip of its tail black, as if dipped in paint.
    — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026

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