| It is like a fire that flares up brilliantly for a while and then leaves everything blacker and bleaker than before. |
| I don't spend time agonising over that: there are bound to be great moments and blacker times, highs and lows, as that is part of the race. |
| Belarus is a blot on the map of Europe, and unfortunately this blot is becoming blacker and blacker. |
| Webb's sharp script is laced with a rapier wit that is blacker than the Dark Ages. |
| Shampoo containing allantoin can prevent hair from furcating, and make hair softer, smoother, more flexible, blacker and shinier. |
| We awake to hissing, bruise-coloured curtains of rain sheeting over the decks, the sky blacker than a preacher's gown. |
