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Recent Examples of stygian But the film that follows — luminously ashen where too many recent movies and TV shows have just been irritatingly dim — is flooded with a moonlight so lucid and alive that even the story’s most stygian moments might as well have been set at high noon. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024 On the credit side of the ledger, the stygian interior decor is brightened at night by the neonesque instrument and secondary-control lighting—blue and red—and the cabin is commendably quiet at most operating speeds. Tony Swan, Car and Driver, 3 June 2023 In the last half of 1934, glimmers of daylight peaked through the stygian blackness and, and 1935, the downward trajectory began to reverse itself and tick upward. Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023 Predators that eat the banana-sized birds include peregrine falcons, stygian owls and arboreal snakes. Jill Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023 Did this rodent revenant cross a stygian void to haunt us yet again? Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Dec. 2022 Streaks should start cutting through the stygian sky starting at midnight. Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 11 Aug. 2021 When his tiny friend Trinket devises a scheme for their escape from the orphanage, Arthur embarks on a quest through a wild wood and into the stygian corridors of a subterranean city to solve the mystery of his origins. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2017 After a five-minute ride through the stygian darkness, the barge eases up to a low dock. Wayne Curtis, WIRED, 30 May 2017
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Adjective
  • The Hughes Fire broke out in the late morning and within hours charred more than 15 square miles of trees and brush, sending up plumes of dark smoke near Lake Castaic, a popular recreation area about 40 miles from the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires that are burning for a third week.
    Marcio Jose Sanchez, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The popular hangout also specializes in dark lagers and hoppy IPAs.
    Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • As with most origin stories of football clubs that are a century and a half old, the truth of how Nottingham Forest came into being is slightly murky.
    Nick Miller, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • This six-episode Netflix series is taking on the murky world of health influencer culture—and what happened when a certain real-life influencer’s brand was built on a lie.
    Charley Ross, Glamour, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Swift herself opted for Louis Vuitton, clad in the designer’s $5,000 black and gold jacquard knit jacket, with a spark beanie — price $550 — to match,People reported.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Mills didn't notice anything odd – just a yellow jacket on the passenger seat, and some bags in the car including a black briefcase and a blue bag with a Massachusetts logo.
    Emma Steele, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025

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“Stygian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stygian. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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