jet-black
deep-black: jet-black hair.
Origin of jet-black
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How to use jet-black in a sentence
They dyed my hair jet-black, and I was going to get my tongue pierced.
Jennifer Lawrence on ‘Silver Linings Playbook,’ ‘Hunger Games’ & More | Ramin Setoodeh | November 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTNor is it mine, perhaps because I've still got lots of it, though it is no longer jet black.
With an Iranian accent, jet-black hair and no experience in Hollywood, of course I am limited.
“Sophie had this jet black hair, white skin, and quivering cleavage,” Rupert Everett says.
“Sophie had this jet black hair, white skin, and quivering cleavage,” he says.
Again, the big howitzers led the infernal orchestra pitting the face of no man's land with jet black blotches.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonJet black ringlets—then in vogue—clustered round an exceedingly fair face, on which there dwelt the hue of robust health.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneViolet embroidered two beautiful eyes in black and white, and a jet black nose-tip.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerThe complexion was not jet black, like the typical negro, but of a dull brown hue, the hair being somewhat similar in color.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisThe Semangs of Malacca are jet-black in color, with thick lips, flat nose, and protruding abdomen.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles Morris
British Dictionary definitions for jet black
a deep black colour
(as adjective): jet-black hair
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