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[ US /əˈbɪs/ ]
[ UK /ɐbˈɪs/ ]
NOUN
  1. a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

How To Use abyss In A Sentence

  • The near-constant depth of the abyssal sea floor indicates that the lithosphere thickens to roughly 100 km in 70 million years, but then ceases to grow.
  • What are the possibilities and risks of according spirituality some therapeutic value for those on the edge of the abyss of self-destruction?
  • What an infinitesimal fraction of time's fathomless abyss is assigned to each of us!
  • I keep a firm grip on my hat and stare into the blustery abyss.
  • Tracks like "Abyss of sorrow" and "Straying in the brumal ashes" reveal the dark taste of the composer, while his music perfectly express these feelings of fear.
  • When he looks at you like that, you feel like you're standing at the verge of a bottomless abyss, a void so deep that it has its own mystical gravitation.
  • Season of the Inundation: Sweet, black silt mingled with holy myrrh, melilot, hyssop, spikenard, balsam, cedar, and a hint of melting snow from the Abyssinian hills. Thor's Day
  • The country is sinking/plunging into an abyss of violence and lawlessness.
  • The presence of gold and silver in your portfolio will insure that you will emerge from the abyss with your capital intact.
  • And another home defeat left them staring the relegation abyss in the face. The Sun
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