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Meanings of pitchy in inglês
Of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal.
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Examples for "tarry"
Examples for "tarry"
1
The times and tides of business and debate tarry for no man.
2
Give me my staff; and tarry in yon chamber to the left.
3
Satisfied on this account, her brother said she should not tarry long.
4
The longer we tarry, the farther word will spread about our intentions.
5
The muster shall begin at once, and wait for none that tarry.
1
The trees have only their resinous sap as a weapon of defence.
2
It crunched and crumbled, filling the air with a pungent, resinous dust.
3
Pavek gulped the cool liquid, ignoring its resinous taste and gritty texture.
4
Soon the flowers had been blended together into a resinous white liquid.
5
He could smell the resinous aromatic leaves she had steeped in it.
1
The grains are coated with a resiny natural pesticide and preservative compound, saponin, which is bitter and soapy flavored.
2
The resiny essences of the pines pervade every pore of his body, and eating his flesh is like chewing gum.
3
There is an enveloping smell, a resiny odor not unlike marijuana, the sharp smell that comes off an expensive beer.
4
Bakers are invited to embellish at their whim, adding delicate, balmy dill; warm, bold oregano; assertive, licorice-like tarragon; or resiny thyme.
Usage of pitchy in inglês
1
On one side, glaring dazzling light; on the other, cavernous pitchy darkness.
2
The staircase was a winding one and led down into pitchy darkness.
3
Above that round yellow ray, faces were unrecognizable in the pitchy blackness.
4
The night was quite dark, but not what is called pitchy dark.
5
A raw wind, driving snow, pitchy darkness, slush and everything objectionable underfoot.
6
The pitchy darkness closed in ahead, hiding everything, even the peaks and ridges.
7
On the ledge above the shop you see another pitchy building.
8
Night had now fallen and pitchy darkness had taken possession of the forest.
9
No sound: the stairs stretched up before her into pitchy darkness.
10
It is mid-day but it is pitchy dark, and it is not warm.
11
The body is slightly yellowish, and variously streaked and banded with pitchy black.
12
If our lanterns went out, we should be in pitchy darkness.
13
Nor did the pitchy darkness yield a jot to his now accustomed eyes.
14
It was pitchy dark, with a most villainous storm of rain and wind.
15
He hunted up two pitchy sticks and set them both alight.
16
Even in the pitchy gloom I could feel that Tom's step was buoyant.
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