Meaning of as black as soot in English:

phrase

• Intensely black.

  ‘the clouds as black as soot’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The skin was black as soot, and smooth as if not really skin at all.’
  • ‘And I never would have believed it a military unit, even one from the North, cause every face I saw was as black as soot.’
  • ‘He pulled back his hood with a hand as black as soot.’
  • ‘The next day dawned overcast and louring, the clouds as black as soot.’
  • ‘Sato entered the now dark lab in search of Cornelius who was as black as soot.’