pits
Example Sentences
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Wildly different genres will compete for that award, which pits "Hamnet" against commercial success "Bridget Jones, Mad About the Boy" and biographical film "I Swear".
From Barron's
To justify that rock-star multiple, Starbucks must show it can do more than rebound from several years of morning mosh pits and barren cafes with disappearing furniture.
But since the pits closed almost four decades ago, residents describe a slow and pained decline as people struggled to get well-paid, stable employment.
From BBC
She twisted the words bitterly, so it sounded like they’d fallen into the deep fiery pits of Hades.
From Literature
It was Bodmin Moor's rich history and St Austell's clay pits which sparked more than 40 novels for EV Thompson, while his son Luke continues to focus on Cornwall's landscape in his own work.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
