bottomless pit
AmericanEtymology
Origin of bottomless pit
First recorded in 1525–35
Example Sentences
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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
He makes the bed for Coltrane in a way that is just a bottomless pit of grooves and greatness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
Hustled and harried and looking to all the world like they were preparing to plunge ever deeper into the bottomless pit of poor results.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 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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