black hole
noun
1
: a celestial object that has a gravitational field so strong that light cannot escape it and that is believed to be created especially in the collapse of a very massive star
2
: something resembling a black hole: such as
a
: something that consumes a resource continually
a financial black hole
b
: an empty space : void
… the archives of the past few years are a black hole.—
David Herman
David Herman
c
: a dark and seemingly inescapable state or situation
the black hole of depression
Examples of black hole in a Sentence
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Ellroy’s cynical noir takes such a dark view of Los Angeles that the city is practically a black hole.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Stars that orbit closer to the black hole within 0.01 parsecs most likely will crash and keep going only losing their outer layers.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
Heart disease should be a bright spot in this black hole of medical research.
—Maggie Fox, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Future upgrades could permit movies of the black hole in motion, said the researchers.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Supermassive black hole:Massive sun-devouring quasar with black hole found 'hiding in plain sight'
What caused the lunar spacecraft to land on its side?
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
Its black hole would have stopped growing long ago, Wolf writes in the Conversation.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
Two years ago, astronomers shared the first image of the black hole residing in our home galaxy, called Sagittarius A*.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Share [Findings] Terrestrial bacteria can grow on extraterrestrial nutrients; the black hole nearest Earth was discovered in the constellation Telescopium; and X-ray experiments conducted at the European Synchrotron indicated that moisture is destroying The Scream.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Stars that orbit closer to the black hole within 0.01 parsecs most likely will crash and keep going only losing their outer layers.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
Heart disease should be a bright spot in this black hole of medical research.
—Maggie Fox, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Future upgrades could permit movies of the black hole in motion, said the researchers.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Supermassive black hole:Massive sun-devouring quasar with black hole found 'hiding in plain sight'
What caused the lunar spacecraft to land on its side?
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
Its black hole would have stopped growing long ago, Wolf writes in the Conversation.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
Two years ago, astronomers shared the first image of the black hole residing in our home galaxy, called Sagittarius A*.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Share [Findings] Terrestrial bacteria can grow on extraterrestrial nutrients; the black hole nearest Earth was discovered in the constellation Telescopium; and X-ray experiments conducted at the European Synchrotron indicated that moisture is destroying The Scream.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
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