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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
Using echolocation, bats can detect tiny insects flying in pitch-black darkness.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Plus, Irving is now haunted by the pitch-black paintings compulsively smeared by his Outie.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Jan. 2025
The rapper wore her hair long and nearly pitch-black with a blowout shine that could probably be seen several counties away.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 1 Jan. 2025
In recent years, Buscemi played Khrushchev in the pitch-black satire The Death of Stalin (2017) and was a regular on TBS’ Miracle Workers (2019–2023).
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Plus, Irving is now haunted by the pitch-black paintings compulsively smeared by his Outie.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Jan. 2025
The rapper wore her hair long and nearly pitch-black with a blowout shine that could probably be seen several counties away.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 1 Jan. 2025
In recent years, Buscemi played Khrushchev in the pitch-black satire The Death of Stalin (2017) and was a regular on TBS’ Miracle Workers (2019–2023).
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 29 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for pitch-black
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pitch-black
Adjective
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Swift herself opted for Louis Vuitton, clad in the designer’s $5,000 black and gold jacquard knit jacket, with a spark beanie — price $550 — to match,People reported.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Mills didn't notice anything odd – just a yellow jacket on the passenger seat, and some bags in the car including a black briefcase and a blue bag with a Massachusetts logo.—
Emma Steele,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The show’s recently released second and, sadly, final season raises the stakes of his misadventures, taking darker turns but abandoning neither the absurd humor nor the glimpses of beauty that add dimensions to Amer’s quintessentially American, Palestinian-refugee story.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
3 Feb. 2025
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Not too light nor too dark, the coppery color is warm yet bright, with few highlights.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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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But even that link is murky: In the case of breast cancer, for instance, carrying excess weight only seems to be a risk factor after menopause, and not before (for reasons that aren’t known).—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
23 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, TikTok’s overall future in the United States is equally murky.—
Maria Sole Campinoti,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Pitch-black.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitch-black. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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