sooty-black

Grass and shrubs had shrivelled, blighted by its breath; the bare trees were sooty-black against the sky.

Maurice Guest 2003

But I soon saw that it was a sooty-black animal that resembled a monstrous cat.

Carmilla 2003

The servant could not see much of this visitant with any distinctness; his dress appeared foreign, the skirt of his ample cloak was thrown over one shoulder; he wore a large felt hat, with a very heavy leaf, from under which escaped what appeared to be a mass of long sooty-black hair; his feet were cased in heavy riding-boots.

The Purcell Papers 2003

He could not help but stare at her, and Kitiara - knowing his eyes were on her - returned his gaze from beneath her long, sooty-black eyelashes.

Dragons of Winter Night Weis, Margaret 1985

He could not help but stare at her, and Kitiara-knowing his eyes were on her-returned his gaze from beneath her long, sooty-black eyelashes.

Dragons of Winter Night Weis, Margaret 1985

There was the sooty-black coach, the dark, headless steeds, and, what thoroughly alarmed him, a grim cloaked figure urging his team at a gallop along a path in which lay the prostrate form of his friend the rector of Lanreath.

Legend Land, Volume 2 Being a Collection of Some of The Old Tales Told in Those Western Parts of Britain Served by The Great Western Railway Various

This rag was of a fine, sooty-black color, and had a suggestion of oil about it as if it had been on duty in the engine-room.

A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Mary Helen Fee

The others were filthy dirty too, with sooty-black faces in the light of the lamp that still shone down from the wall of the tunnel.

Five Go Off To Camp Blyton, Enid 1948

The vampire is a small, sooty-black bat with a perfectly diabolical little face.

Here, There and Everywhere Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

The servant could not see much of this visitant with any distinctness; his dress appeared foreign, the skirt of his ample cloak was thrown over one shoulder; he wore a large felt hat, with a very heavy leaf, from under which escaped what appeared to be a mass of long sooty-black hair; his feet were cased in heavy riding-boots.

The Purcell Papers, Volume I 1880