abysm
an abyss.
Origin of abysm
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How to use abysm in a sentence
Splendid wooden bridges were thrown over it, with abysms on both sides.
Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth | George BrandesThey were not particularly fair here; the weather was rough and cloudy, in keeping with abysms and mountain precipices.
Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth | George BrandesHe plays his old game of constitutional tricks in face of abysms and the dreadful upheavals of the chimerical and unexpected.
The Memoirs of Victor Hugo | Victor HugoThe drama does not begin until the third act: the two first are yawning abysms of sheer dulness.
Old Scores and New Readings | John F. RuncimanOur homeless, irrelevant, tiny steamer seemed to hang between two abysms.
Letters from America | Rupert Brooke
British Dictionary definitions for abysm
/ (əˈbɪzəm) /
an archaic word for abyss
Origin of abysm
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