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pitch-black
[ pich-blak ]
adjective
- extremely black or dark as pitch:
a pitch-black night.
pitch-black
adjective
- extremely dark; unlit
the room was pitch-black
- of a deep black colour
Word History and Origins
Origin of pitch-black1
Example Sentences
As I drove home that night around eight, Long Island Sound was pitch-black, apart from the glimmering reflection of light poles.
Set against an otherwise pitch-black screen, she appears to be looking the audience directly in the eye.
One of the most intriguing works is a sculptural installation set within an almost pitch black room.
Walking through the spiral hallway into the almost pitch black, circular room, the senses become immediately disoriented.
Seamen must constantly move between the pitch black of below decks and the bright sunshine above.
Here a pitch black tunnel opened before them into the lower regions, and—it must be confessed—they hesitated.
From another point in the pitch-black glen rose the wailing, terrible cry of a woman in agony.
The old man stumbled into the pitch-black, stifling passage and sat down on the lowest step to rest.
It is delirium-of-bliss to feel oneself living though shadows be pitch-black.
There was a gate in the pitch-black paling, and a bell-handle—discovered with great difficulty.
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