bottomless pit
AmericanEtymology
Origin of bottomless pit
First recorded in 1525–35
Example Sentences
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In June 2025, Disney and Universal sued AI firm Midjourney over its image generator, which the Hollywood giants alleged was a "bottomless pit of plagiarism".
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
Whether developing habits, finding new hobbies or digging out from a bottomless pit of emails, change is hard—and requires a mindset shift as well as persistence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Losing your job is traumatic, and you may feel like you’re in a bottomless pit, but try to view this as a transitional period, not a permanent sentence.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2025
“Social media platforms are a bottomless pit where users can spend an infinite amount of their time,” Nevada said in the Snapchat complaint.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
She fell, screaming, into a bottomless pit that didn’t really exist.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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