gaping chasm
Frequency: 6.58.2 per million words
Refers to a chasm as a wide open hole in the ground.
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- The earthquake left a gaping chasm in the middle of the road.
- A sudden landslide opened a gaping chasm across the mountain road.
- The explorers stood at the edge of a gaping chasm, wondering how to cross.
- We inched along the ridge, peering into the gaping chasm below.
- A single rope bridge swayed precariously over the gaping chasm.
- The earthquake had left a gaping chasm where the square used to be.
- After the glacier retreated, it revealed a gaping chasm in the landscape.
- Rescue teams built a temporary bridge over the gaping chasm.
- He almost fell into the gaping chasm that had opened up overnight.
- From the cave mouth, a gaping chasm plunged into darkness.
- Peering into the gaping chasm, they could see no bottom, only darkness.
- The photo vividly captures the gaping chasm tearing through the field.
- Be careful not to step too close to the edge of that gaping chasm.
- There is a gaping chasm between the promises they made and what they delivered.
- The spaceship hovered above a gaping chasm on the planet's surface.
- Her research aims to close the gaping chasm in access to healthcare.
- How did such a gaping chasm form in this otherwise flat plain?
- If you’re not careful, you could slip into that gaping chasm.
- A river once flowed through what is now a gaping chasm.
- Standing at the edge of the gaping chasm, he felt both awe and fear.