abyss
Example Sentences
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"There is no such situation; instead, what we realise is that the country is going further into an abyss."
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
Elsewhere, “Navalny” filmmaker Daniel Roher also tries to look at the bright side in his latest, “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist,” but only after gazing into the abyss.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
Yes, he has managed to get both because he has a good, long-term job, and he’s slowly crawling out of the abyss.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026
The war years were perhaps the darkest in all of human history, but the musicians and singers on these tracks are partying on in the face of the abyss.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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