bottomless pit

Frequency: 7.08.5 per million words

Refers to a very deep hole that appears to have no bottom, often used metaphorically for an endless supply or demand.

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Examples (20)

  • The hero stared down into the bottomless pit, a chasm that seemed to swallow the light.
  • The company's escalating debts became a bottomless pit for investors.
  • His gambling addiction had become a bottomless pit for his family's savings.
  • It felt like shouting into a bottomless pit, with no response.
  • The company's need for new data seemed to be a bottomless pit.
  • His appetite seemed to be a bottomless pit after the long hike.
  • After the loss, he felt an emptiness inside him like a bottomless pit of despair.
  • The project consumed resources like a bottomless pit, never yielding results.
  • Be careful near that old well; it's like a bottomless pit.
  • Her sadness felt like a bottomless pit she couldn't climb out of.
  • Government bureaucracy can sometimes feel like a bottomless pit of paperwork and delays.
  • The budget deficit turned into a bottomless pit, constantly needing more funds.
  • The internet can be a bottomless pit of information if you know where to look.
  • Trying to satisfy their demands was like filling a bottomless pit.
  • My teenage son has a stomach that is a bottomless pit; he's always hungry.
  • The cave explorers discovered what appeared to be a bottomless pit.
  • Pouring more money into the failing project was like throwing it into a bottomless pit.
  • Raising children can sometimes feel like pouring money into a bottomless pit.
  • Geologists were baffled by the discovery of what appeared to be a bottomless pit in the ocean floor.
  • The waste disposal site was so vast it looked like a bottomless pit.