The probe black holed after drifting too close to the event horizon.

He studied the Black Speech to better understand how Tolkien associated language with evil.

The black panther stalked its prey under the moonlight, its glossy coat a striking example of a melanistic variant of the leopard.

The artist ordered a box of black leads for his mechanical pencils.

She spread butter on a thick slice of black bread before serving it with smoked salmon.

Before planting, the agronomist analyzed samples of the Houston black to determine its suitability for cotton.

The black oriole perched on a low branch, its deep black feathers gleaming in the morning light.

A row of black poplars lined the riverbank, their reflection trembling in the water.

During low tide I gently lifted a black limpet from the tidepool to identify its shell.

The cinematographer tweaked the monitor until the picture black looked truly infinite during the night sequences.