abyss
noun
a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm.
abysses
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pluralof abyss.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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At his debut press conference, he vowed to face down "multitudinous minefields and 30,000-metre abysses" in reforming China.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
And while the play never explicitly explores its underlying theme—that music can help bridge the gaps, or the abysses, that divide people—the deft integration of story and song illuminates it naturally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
It’s full of dire scenarios, deep bass abysses and floating soprano refrains.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2020
But in cases of “deep imaginative feeling” it was natural to behold the “never-ending growth of one colossal grandeur chasing and surmounting another, or of abysses that swallowed up abysses.”
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 10, 2016
It allows us to look at an unmasked soul, to fathom the abysses of passion, to understand the heights and depths of love.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Robert Green Ingersoll
