How To Use Pit In A Sentence

There were 42 free-kicks, two penalties, four bookings and three players sent off, two of whom had to be escorted from the pitch by police.
Sewage overflowed into wash basins at West Middlesex Hospital following a blockage in one of the toilets.
According to police and prosecutors, the two got into a fight after she told him he should be committed to a mental hospital.
Maurice Mair seemed to spin like a teetotum and pitch upon his face like a ninepin. The Complete Father Brown
It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own. Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital

I again affirm that I need make no apology for attaching my name to that of one so worthy the esteem of his co-dogs, ay, and co-cats too; for in spite of the differences which have so often raised up a barrier between the members of his race and ours, not even the noblest among us could be degraded by raising a "mew" to the honour of such a thoroughly honest dog. The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
There is so much to enjoy here that it is a pity that a good deal of the information imparted is demonstrably wrong. The Times Literary Supplement
Yorkshire abused by such a pitiful prater; and when wrought up to a certain pitch, she would turn and say something of which neither the matter nor the manner recommended her to Mr. Donne's good - will. Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
I lashed the clothes that I had been brought to wear at the hospital into the bag, a couple of ancient pairs of socks that felt suddenly found and familiar.
Confident, tanned and talkative, he looked the epitome of the champion he longs to be again. Times, Sunday Times
Can you tell me what the major league record is for most consecutive batters retired by a pitcher and who holds it?
Despite the lateness of the hour Annabel gathered her skirts and prepared to take a solitary ramble in the garden.
Filming went ahead in spite of the bad weather.
The scene near the Chennai Kaliappa Hospital, on Tuesday was supremely ironical, and drew sharp reactions from tree lovers who were passing by.
Some hospital patients experience high levels of anxiety.
My dad, despite his rampant hypochondria, had always been healthy.
Mostly, however, she seems to be held in some kind of incommunicado status until they need a sound bite, and then they throw the power switch, download the text and out she spits it, with all the emotion of an automaton. Condi a Waste of Time
The distich caused discussion regarding the quantity of "hic", but the pope defended the prosody of Voltaire who confirmed his opinion by a quotation from Virgil which he said ought to be the epitaph of The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne
Remember that even if your surgery is performed in an office or surgicenter, your surgeon should have hospital privileges to perform that procedure. You: On a Diet
The woman herself lay in Epsom Cottage Hospital for four days without regaining consciousness.
Despite imperial successes at St. Gotthard (1664), Growardein and Neuhäusel in Hungary ceded to the Ottomans (1664, at Vasvár). 2. The Habsburg Monarchy
She suffered minor smoke inhalation and was discharged from hospital last night. The Sun
And when Elliot Spitzer got caught fooling w/a prostie, he resigned on the spot … saaaaaaaaaaaay … WHY is Vitter still in office? Think Progress » Vitter receives standing ovation at Southern Republican Leadership Conference.
Despite their superficial similarity, submersion of minorities in English-only programs in the USA and Canadian immersion programs are different and they lead to different results.
Ingundis; and Leovigild, whose two sons, Hermenegild and Recared, were the issue of a former marriage.] [Footnote 128: Iracundiae furore succensa, adprehensam per comam capitis puellam in terram conlidit, et diu calcibus verberatam, ac sanguins cruentatam, jussit exspoliari, et piscinae immergi. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3
Some of the most popular pairings pitted contrasting advantages and disadvantages against one another.
In present-day usage, despite Fowler's strictures, concern for classical and linguistic purity is minimal and the coining of etymological hybrids is casual and massive.
Sjogren's syndrome "targets and destroys over time the exocrine glands responsible for tear production and saliva -- and is characterized by dryness of the mouth and eyes," said Dr. Michael Belmont, an associate professor of medicine in the division of rheumatology at NYU Langone Medical Center and medical director for Hospital for Joint Diseases. Why Sjogren's syndrome caused Williams to quit U.S. open
The man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries - a deep wound to his side had punctured a lung.
But after three years of frantic knitting, they decided to end the challenge, despite reaching halfway.
Or is the idea of foreign policy beyondmilitary commitmentsso far off the radar that when the polls open, everything will hinge on the pitch-and-toss of national concerns? And Now, The Choice « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows
But the family have pulled together and, in spite of fits of irritability, are happy.
“You come to make a sales pitch?” he asked grouchily. Fatal Circle
Corymbis et Cymi axillaribus et terminalibus pauci capitat. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
These creatures have the reputation of being smelly, vicious, spiteful and unreliable.
The vital ingredient of popular appeal was not there despite several bids to rejig the story.
Despite his bulk he moved lightly on his feet.
Wells was stuffed on a pitchout on fourth-and-one from the Houston 45.
Qiao Gong Fang Gems is a professional supplier of high-quality jewelry gemstones in Wuzhou which famous known as "the capital of artificial gem in the world".
Instead they have further undermined the economy by driving capital and foreign investors out of the country. Times, Sunday Times
She is good-hearted and took pity on my pathetic form whenever I was sent to the kitchens by my mistresses.
However today my race was really over when I stalled the car at the start and had to begin my race from the pit lane.
One effortlessly got saturation coverage, the other struggled to get noticed, despite the mandatory presence of a celebrity, a suitably weighty one too.
Congress houses most of its collections in three buildings on Capitol Hill.
The pitahaya season in San Diego goes from October 1 to around mid-November.
Physicians and hospitals fear the practice could unfairly penalize practitioners and say there's no way to benchmark quality accurately.
The same thing happened when I was at the animal hospital, too; two or three people got preggers there, sometime before I left.
The plaintiff had sued one member, Hunter, of a committee of the management of a hospital which had engaged him.
Despite literally minutes browsing statto.com, we can't top that. The Knowledge | Which clubs have refunded fans due to player transfers? | Rob Smyth
Many other venture capital firms besides InterWest are raising new rounds of capital.
The following day the capital was under shellfire. Reluctant revolutionary: the rocky road of Venustiano Carranza (1859–1920)
Some might say the club have taken refuge in recent years in the rosy glow of their triumph of 1967 so they might be as well moving permanently to the Portuguese capital.
Of course, you would expect it to be damp in those parts of the Highlands which the Camanachd Association holds as its fiefdom and indeed shinty has suffered in recent weeks with matches being cancelled due to unplayable pitches.
He wears his cap backwards and spits rhymes with fierce energy and unbridled theatrics. The Harvard Crimson :: News
Dozens of deep scars and pits ran across the length its snout.
But their brief respite in the conditioned air of the shuttle made that first step outside a gasper. Cattle Town
Wet meadows between rock outcrops include grasses, sedges, mosses, pitcher plant Saracenia purpurea, sundew Drosera sp. and purple fringed orchid Habenaria psycodes. Gros Morne National Park, Canada
When the dork came to bat, he was waving the bat back and forth with the label aimed straight at the pitcher. WHY is the FOUL POLE FAIR?
Still Life with Action Figure," a particularly realist exercise, actually occurs in suburbia, where an artist son visits his artist father, who has resumed painting despite suffering from parkinsonism. Ccfinlay: You Make My Heart Sing
Excepting his quaint epithets which he affects to render literally from the Greek, a language above all others blest in the happy marriage of sweet words, and which in our language are mere printer's compound epithets -- such as quaffed divine Literary Remains, Volume 1
The state has also passed laws that are inimical to the short-term interests of particular capitalists, but necessary in the longer-term interests of capitalism itself - for example, health and safety legislation.
At lunch, Monsieur Caïn and his wife, who epitomize the nouveau bourgeoisie, continue to berate their daughter for what they see as appalling manners and lack of respect.
The resident population of mental hospitals has fallen by 20%.
My Mom took a job as a nursing orderly in a mental hospital where sleeping pills and tranquillisers were easily obtainable.
The National Health Service has visibly deteriorated, despite increased spending.
The first pitch was low and over the outside corner.
Chain car collisions on the Interstate, hysteria-tinged second by second updates from the weatherman on the local TV stations, a stunned, awestricken look from the locals that almost made one think that this was surely the first time they had ever seen this precipitation thing occurring. Election Central Sunday Roundup
It is no more a sign of weakness to change leadership in wartime if success depends on it than it is to remove a baseball pitcher who is getting shelled in order to prevent the game from becoming hopelessly lost.
And because tools were indispensable, they argued that capital was indispensable. Property and Prophets: The Evolution of Economic Institutions and Ideologies
They will certainly enjoy some respite from the negative headlines which have been barracking them in recent weeks, which maybe renders the result palatable for all.
Despite having all the appropriate authorisations in their possession, they were unable to produce the program for which they had travelled to the country.
Luke was a brilliant student despite the fact that he was a notorious slacker.
The term "gentilhomme" is so liable to be confounded with "gentleman" that it needs explaining, for, despite the similarity of derivation, no two words can be more distinct. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876
Police recovered what was later identified as a charred right human foot in the backyard and documented a fire pit with drag marks leading to it. Edmonton Sun
Organizing your finances and time helps you become more productive and responsive and ensures you avoid unnecessary pitfalls, such as incurring wasteful late fees. AllBusiness.com - Home Page RSS
Now, its membership has soared to more than 200, with monthly meetings in a north-west hospital.
He could spot hypocrisy, pomposity, smugness, snobbery, tomfoolery and turpitude from miles away.
I should have been side by side with you in your existence, having for my only care not to disarrange the cover of my dreadful pit. Les Miserables
For example, utter the words: "A house is my fire," and observe the comparative duration of time in the pronunciation of each word, the comparative stress, and the relative pitch (e.g. of _a_ and _fire_). The Principles of English Versification
Her condition was so critical medics called in the hospital chaplain to comfort her in her final moments. The Sun
Murder, rape, road rage, dacoities and rampant acts of terrorism have become an everyday affair in all the provincial capitals including the federal capital. Whether A Dictator Or Democrat: Please Explain
I am negotiating with financiers to raise seed capital for my latest venture.
With her pupils dilated to blackness, and spitting vituperation in all directions, the very last thing she seems is sane.
Instead, segregation has continued despite the fact that some of Oldham's most monocultural schools have been closed and merged since the riots, while others have been moved to different areas to seek a mixed intake. Oldham schools still polarised 10 years on from race riots
It was only in hospital that he discovered bone protruding through his skin. Times, Sunday Times
But going back to the days when I was seeing these epics first time round, in the fleapits and bug-hutches of south-east Leeds - most of them converted music halls or disused chapels - we didn't give a hoot what the title of the film was.
Despite the noise, they hadn't got in, and Sam offered up silent thanks to the miller who had built so well. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
There is no question about it; the police force was undercapitalised.
Despite the threat of war, people went about their work as usual.
The 62 million consideration will bolster the strength of the balance sheet and free capital for expenditure on the branded goods. Times, Sunday Times
The capon burns, and the pig falls from the spit, and the meal will BE all cold if you do not come home.
Most of last week was spent concentrating on trying to get the pitch dry because of all the rain we had.
What caught my eye about this is that it bears interesting relation to Bakhtin's concept of the dialogism of the "living word" -- in fact, capitalize that "w" and it would be downright eerie. Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in the morning...
Since 1990, Bradley said two children besides Jessica have been admitted to the hospital with severe streptococcal toxic shock.
We placed our trust in the hospital which failed in so many ways so many times over. Times, Sunday Times
A constant theme in research concerned with the hospital care of older people is the discharge from hospital back to the community.
It is snapping and whirring, emitting a high-pitched tome like the mewling of a cat. Death's Noisy Herald
There are other constraints on the firm's capital, however, most importantly perhaps, the takeover constraint.
Despite his excitement, there are few things Ignaciuk finds lacking in his life in Bulgaria.
I am afraid to lose, I fear this time, and I love it but memories. I could not forget the sweat on the pitch with the sway of the brothers, forget accompany me cry close friend, and forget the bright Star of that everynight, and those words have touched me deeply.
He gives an amusing account of the vigorous campaign against his hospital closure programme. Times, Sunday Times
The main axis of stratification in capitalist societies is the struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies
Palpation of the nasal structures should be done to elicit any crepitus, indentation, or irregularity of the nasal bone.
Deputy Agricultural and Land Affairs Minister Dirk du Toit called on farmers to invest in what he described as human resource capital.
How about how the door of your car opens as you back up from the burnout to let burnout smoke escape the cockpit?
It is believed however than none of the four were from the Sligo area, despite the secluded nature of the beach.
He has straight, mousey blonde hair and a pitted face which suggests he has suffered from acne at some point.
The railway had made a considerable capital outlay on new rolling stock.
But of course Buchco is hideous and wrong, we need to raise taxes and let's throw in free college tuition too tsk stk btw, neither of you seemned to be aware the mayor of Pittsburgh just announced a similar "homestead" program where Pittsburgh residents will get their tution paid in an effort to get people to move to Pittsburgh. Radio alert.
She would also be acquiring a capital asset.
Despite serious technical obstacles, space agency officials are considering whether to launch a Jupiter space probe powered entirely by sunlight.
He went into cardiac arrest again in the ambulance and once more at the hospital.
Such techniques are not available to middle-class families with modest savings, or to small business owners holding long-term capital gains.
Mais On n’était qu’un galopin dont il avait pitié. Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant
So far, so good, so much more credible—and spoiled only slightly by the blandishment that those that fail should present plans for recapitalization "as swiftly as possible. Is This the End of the Beginning for the Euro Crisis?
The city, which is the capital of the region, is a major industrial centre with a population of over 1 million.
Dee of Ammalu's Kitchen transforms plain chickpea flour into a steaming hot bowl of Methi Pitla with the addition of a handful of aromatic methi leaves. Archive 2007-04-01
The Warriors lost a battle despite outshooting and mostly outplaying their opponents.
This role of film as an instance of mass media is opposed to that of Adorno, who could only conceptualise the mass media as a means of stupefying the masses in a capitalist society.
Holders of income shares got all the income earned from the trust, while holders of capital shares got all the capital gain.
Open source software is often portrayed as a breakthrough in the free and open exchange of intellectual property, without precedent in the prevailing global capitalist mentality.
Other amazing samples from the plant world will be revealed to the children, including plants with armbands to help them swim and meat-eating plants like the Pitcher plant, which is on loan from Cardiff University.
Despite the apparent commonness of blonde hair, which accounts for a third of British women, Tobin said only about 3% were naturally blonde.
The lonely old man was much to be pitied by all of us.
Outside of what we term pit and dress circle is a partition, three or four feet high, dividing them from a promenade ten or fifteen feet wide. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century
Apart from a pale yellow primula, snowdrops are the only flowers in the front garden but despite this there is plenty of other interest.
US Treasury markets capitalized on the equity plunge, surging during the afternoon session.
There was a even an issue cover I think, or at least some page art we had commissioned, showing Krugman as a crude pitchman or something.
As once observed, the problem is ‘not illness but decrepitude.’
I ejaculated mentally , " you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality.
Both neo-colonial and advanced capitalist/colonial states organize and reinforce a cathectic structure based in sexual difference, which they enforce through a variety of means, including legislation.
The photo plates also age and sex accipiters, those hawks that flap, flap, sail, and are the mostly likely the ones that raid our feeders of hapless birds.
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In spite of the run-down facilities, the ma-and-pop owners and the friendliest and most approachable people in Hong Kong.
It was built as a Methodist chapel in 1910, became a convalescence hospital during the First World War, and was later partly used as a billiard hall.
Despite the fact that the soloists just use these two chords, the improvisations are melodically and rhythmically rich - a signpost of contemporary mainstream jazz.
An epitaph is on a gravestone, and while I am sure they would be happy to oblige, that wasn’t what they were actually throwing, I don’t think …. Think Progress » GOP Rep. Nunes Excuses Racist, Homophobic Tea Partier Slurs As A Response To ‘Totalitarian Tactics’
Lawrence survived a devastating accident at work with months of painful recovery in the hospital and at home.
I am an inmate of that hospital.
The hospital is so overcrowded that some patients are being treated on trolleys in the corridors.
He remained in hospital for two nights whilst prescribed medication re-established a regular heartbeat.
The Russian Revolution itself was but one episode in the transition from capitalism to socialism.
On a recent morning, Evers steered his pickup truck through a Central California almond grove, his drawling sales pitch at the ready.
Many people confuse the workings of capitalism that lead to lower costs and greater profits with free trade.
Without the greenhouse gases, the world would be a bleak, inhospitable place. The Crisis of Life on Earth - our legacy from the second millenium
Signum magnum apparuit in coelo: mulier amicta sole, et luna sub pedibus ejus, et in capite ejus corona stellarum duodecim. Archive 2008-08-01
The government fell nine days after an invasion force of five thousand troops was said to be advancing on the capital.
Capital controls would be lifted, at which point the currency would devalue further. Times, Sunday Times
The hospitable host had his spare room emptied very quickly for the honoured guest.
Despite the lack of legal compulsion, many companies already ban smoking.
The nature reserve is covered with quarry pits, grooves, and mines resulting from Roman and later workings.
We are increasingly concerned about patients being discharged unsafely from hospital. Times, Sunday Times
E-Mail etiquette requires some kind of signature at the end of a message, despite the header that appears with each incoming item.
We were visiting homes and hospitals to see football fans who had been badly burnt. Times, Sunday Times
Data on admission to hospital is not comprehensive but they suggest that admission rates rise with declining social class.
After the fall of Pitt in 1801 there was a decade of unstable government.
Spittle and blood spattered his lips, dripping in my mouth. Brush of Darkness
Konduz lies at the heart of the north-south axis of the country connecting the capital Kabul to the former republic of Tajikistan - a significant route for trade.
Despite first appearances, it adheres closely to Shakespeare's play.
Despite what the antis would tell you, hunting is for people from all walks of life.
The U.S. economy is operating with a massive amount of slack" or unutilized resources such as workers and manufacturing capacity says Sal Guatieri, an economist at Toronto-based BMO Capital Markets. Canada Bank Shift Signals Strong Recovery
`'Yes,'" Pitt said, smiling like a magician about to bedazzle an audience. INCA GOLD
The injured man is doing nicely in hospital.
It's said that only the united power of industrial workers can crush capitalism.
Police called up water cannon to combat violent left-wingers in the capital.
There will be a representative from Crumlin Hospital attending the function to accept the cheque.
Kaysersberg; finally, in one of the vestries is the epitaph, in german verses, of the celebrated printer John Mentelin of Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg
But the public life of the capital commanded his love, his seemingly inexhaustible energy and much of his spare time. Times, Sunday Times
It is thought officers will name 13 hospitals - including at least one hospice. The Sun
Then the pleasant little surprises of all kinds that we imagined; and the pleasant looks that greet us when we condescend to accept them; the patience that can translate our most unwarrantable "crossness", because there has been some trifling difficulty in obtaining the half of a star or the corner of a moon which it had pleased us to require, into "such a good sign of being really better"; and then our appetite (which the gods know is at that season singularly keen), how is it not tempted with unutterable dainties and friande morsels, all sorts of amateur cookery in our behalf, where Love himself has not disdained to turn the spit, and look into the stewpan! and all served up so gracefully on the small tray, covered with its delicate white damask cloth, arraying with more than mortal charms the moulds of crystal jelly and pure-looking blanc mange! Zoe: The History of Two Lives
Despite the challenges that prevail, our women have 'shouldered' the burdens with great resilience and dignity; and many of the successes that we claim toady, must be credited to our mothers, grandmothers, wives, aunts and sisters. Jamaica Information Service
Kind and tempting was the invitation to prolong my stay at the See House; enticing was the prospect offered me of a visit to a seigneurie on the Ottawa; and it was with very great reluctance that, after a sojourn of only one day, I left this abode of refinement and hospitality, and the valued friends who had received me with so much kindness, for a tedious journey to New The Englishwoman in America
Throughout the day, Grant rode through his command rallying the force in spite of the lateness of reinforcements.
The author performed immunoprecipitation with immunodiffusion, using Petri dishes that contained 15 ml of 1.2% agarose in a barbital buffer.
The stairs are made from Douglas fir and all the internal floors are pitched pine.
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There was a Malay steward behind each chair, and over in the corner, silent but missing nothing, the squint-faced Jingo; even he had exchanged his loin-cloth for a silver sarong, with hornbill feathers in his hair and decorating the shaft of his sumpitan* (* Blowpipe.) standing handy against the wall. Flashman's Lady
On the ground she was fêted with lavish hospitality by friends waiting at every far-flung airfield to whisk her off to a celebratory feast.
Marti was scheduled to return for another attempt to drain the fluid when her perinatologist told her she had made an appointment for Marti at Children's Hospital's Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment. TTTS — Dicus
He was rushed to hospital where doctors and a psychiatrist decided the life-saving liver operation was in his best interests. The Sun
The ambulance drove to the hospital slowly as a safety measure because Mr A could not be belted and was not secure in the ambulance.
This column will doubtless attract accusations of self-indulgence, although you might equally contest that having demanded that my photograph appear at the top of the page and that my name appear in capitals and bold type, that particular ship has sailed. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Waved round the coast, up-called a pitchy cloud340 Paradise Lost: The First Book
The birds occupy a range of wetland habitats: lakes, rivers, reedbeds, sedge fens, marsh dykes, ponds, flooded gravel pits and meres.
It is found that the government bond is in low proportion. This will weaken the Central Banks currency control in depression and capital disposal.
Huccome you leave Miss Pitty by herseff lak dis w'en she so scary lak?
We need to support those Members of Parliament opposed to these new foundation hospitals.
inward flood of capital
After the hospital I was planning on going to Lettuce Knit to buy some needles but decided against it, instead made the short walk from St. Mike's to the Flatiron.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Had there, despite Terry Gill's denials, been an encounter?
There is no known cure for hebephilia and no effective initial screening mechanism, says psychologist James Cantor, who leads a team of researchers from Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and other hospitals in studying the role of the brain in causing pedophilia and hebephilia. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
They had a football match to raise cash for the hospital.
Stay, look at this, "continued he, replying by a thrust in" seconde "to a straight thrust;" if I had lunged, I should have spitted you like a lark. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental
Of these, 250 are hospitalized as a result of acute complications, and approximately 100 die from cirrhosis, liver cancer, or fulminant hepatitis.
Despite advances in headphone design, the fact is you are still listening to glorified stereo, where the sounds appear to thump uncomfortably inside your head.
The car pitched and dodged through the turns.
One of the hospitals said that some of the people that had stuff either left or accidentally placed inside them became 'unwell' as a result, but it is not known to which objects, or patients, they were referring. TheSpoof.com : Spoof News : Front Page
In the end, despite these tight controls, the US-backed generals failed to win a majority of the vote, securing a plurality only through frenzied last minute stuffing of the ballot boxes.
Jones told her to be true, and exprest much pity and concern for him. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

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