in a/the pit
Frequency: 8.019.3 per million words
Located inside a hole or a mine.
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Examples (10)
- Most boys in the town worked in the pits.
- The lost hiker eventually found himself trapped in a deep pit.
- After the explosion, the entire area was like being in a giant pit.
- The archeologists discovered ancient artifacts in a burial pit.
- He fell in a pit full of mud during the storm.
- The animals were safely kept in a large pit enclosure.
- Workers spent days digging in a new pit for minerals.
- The old abandoned mine left a dangerous hole, almost like being in a dark pit.
- During the drought, many cattle perished in a waterless pit.
- The construction site had a huge excavation, looking like they were in a massive pit.