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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
There’s something about being in the pitch-black of night that makes your mind work illogically.
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Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
Sorry, Baby is extremely up my alley, a deeply moving, highly empathetic story of overcoming trauma, laced with pitch-black humor.
—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
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Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
Sorry, Baby is extremely up my alley, a deeply moving, highly empathetic story of overcoming trauma, laced with pitch-black humor.
—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
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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Sánchez Arévalo has framed the film as a deliberate genre blend — thriller, drama, black comedy and Western — emphasizing that its resistance to easy labelling was central to the appeal.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2026
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The black outline at the neckline of the dress was contrasted by a soft, creamy color on the remaining fabric.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The activist also went full glam on her flight, looking radiant in bronzy makeup, complete with dark eyeliner, fluttery eyelashes, fluffy eyebrows, luminous skin, and glossy lips.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
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More dark, romantic beauty inspiration.—
Jesa Marie Calaor,
Allure,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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In the pitch-dark room, Heath remembers hearing the call to prayer in the morning.—
Paul Tenorio,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2026
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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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But in the murky intermediate regime, the full quantum complexity of each electron plays a role, and the problem is classically intractable.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Feb. 2026
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There were a lot of murky secrets in the Victorian world.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Pitch-black.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitch-black. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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