black pit

Frequency: 6.07.1 per million words

A hole that is dark and unlit.

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Examples (10)

  • The explorers peered into the black pit, unable to see its bottom.
  • He fell into a black pit of despair after losing his job.
  • A sudden sinkhole opened up, revealing a terrifying black pit.
  • The old well had become a deep, black pit overgrown with weeds.
  • Metaphorically, she felt herself sinking into a black pit of loneliness.
  • Beware of the black pit in the forest; it's rumored to be bottomless.
  • The flashlight beam disappeared into the black pit without illuminating anything.
  • He described his depression as a black pit from which he struggled to climb out.
  • The workers were warned about the unguarded black pit on the construction site.
  • From above, the abandoned mine shaft looked like a perfectly round black pit.