adjective
Her hair was as black as coal
Most of the Black races live near or south of the equator
He bundled his coat round himself and walked into the black night
The sky became black with storm clouds
It was a black day when he came into my life
You have told the blackest lies about me
She gave him a black look and he withered in abject fear
verb
Because of the dispute over plumbers' wages, the other building-trades unions have blacked every manufacturer in the business
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