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fathomless

[fath-uhm-lis] / ˈfæð əm lɪs /
ADJECTIVE
abysmal
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Scene by scene, Ms. Alexander deftly conveys the mounting burden of Carol’s exhaustion and fathomless sadness in the face of this.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

To feel and smell the reality of 12.4 million square miles of frozen expanse, to place upon a scale the fathomless weight of that much ice pressed upon the earth, left me winded.

From Salon May 29, 2023

The end of the shipping container is open, and I stare into that fathomless black square, listening.

From Slate Apr. 29, 2023

I’ll pull out just one such gem, for it illustrates the timeliness of the author’s approach to the fathomless depths of his subject.

From Washington Post Oct. 25, 2022

Behind them lay pain and death and fear; ahead of them lay doubt, and danger, and fathomless mysteries.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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