fathomless

Example Sentences

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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

But over the years, the song has revealed itself to contain fathomless depths that have only been audible in later interpretations.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2022

The very life of any creature is a quick-fading spark in fathomless darkness.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr