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Meanings of pitchy darkness in English

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Usage of pitchy darkness in English
1
On one side, glaring dazzling light; on the other, cavernous pitchy darkness.
All Around the Moon
2
The staircase was a winding one and led down into pitchy darkness.
The Phantom of the Opera
3
A raw wind, driving snow, pitchy darkness, slush and everything objectionable underfoot.
The Hosts of the Air
4
The pitchy darkness closed in ahead, hiding everything, even the peaks and ridges.
The Guns of Shiloh: A Story of the Great Western Campaign
5
Night had now fallen and pitchy darkness had taken possession of the forest.
Fighting in France
6
No sound: the stairs stretched up before her into pitchy darkness.
Hetty Wesley
7
If our lanterns went out, we should be in pitchy darkness.
Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy
8
Nor did the pitchy darkness yield a jot to his now accustomed eyes.
The Crimson Blind
9
For eight days the pitchy darkness lasted; but on the ninth day it lifted.
Philippine Folk-Tales
10
Now, out of the pitchy darkness and close at hand, came the sharp command:
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1
11
We sprang into the shrouds, and climbed up, up, up into the pitchy darkness.
In the Eastern Seas
12
The blacks paddled on bravely through the pitchy darkness.
The Two Supercargoes; Or, Adventures in Savage Africa
13
Meanwhile he sat down at his table once more, and stared into the pitchy darkness.
South Wind
14
They hung thus in the midst of pitchy darkness after their blazing tar-barrels had been extinguished.
Battles with the Sea
15
Through the pitchy darkness the vessel rushed on.
Ben Hadden; or, Do Right Whatever Comes Of It
16
And at last they were in pitchy darkness.
A Tale of Time City
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