pit
Example Sentences
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The format though has come under fire after all four group winners -- India, South Africa, West Indies and Zimbabwe -- were pitted against each other in the second phase.
From Barron's
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
"My heart was in the pit of my stomach. I did not sleep a wink that entire evening. I felt physically sick," Olde says.
From BBC
When I lived in downtown Phoenix, my pit bull Ziggy once escaped through the fence and disappeared, causing my wife to burst into tears.
From Salon
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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
