bottomless pit

noun

: something that holds a very large amount of something
My brother's always hungry. His stomach is a bottomless pit.
The Internet is a bottomless pit of information.

Examples of bottomless pit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But winter comes to everyone on occasion, as life seems to have a bottomless pit of challenges. Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024 But is there a bottomless pit of luxury products available for worldwide distribution through resale platforms? Sharon Edelson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 Served with a pair of sauces, including a housemade pique infused with hot peppers, the lechón bowl is a bottomless pit of delights. Tim Carman, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023 Who wants to carry around a bronzing stick plus another brush in the bottomless pit that is a purse? Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 12 Nov. 2023 For example, a popular left-wing German member of parliament, Sahra Wagenknecht, recently compared support for Ukraine to a bottomless pit, while the federal budget is being cut in all other areas. Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2023 Carrying a purse is helpful for storing belongings such as keys, wallets, a phone, and makeup, but sometimes digging through your tote bag can feel like reaching into a bottomless pit. Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023 The internet’s bottomless pit of content can plague us with choice overload. Natalie B. Compton, Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2023

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“Bottomless pit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottomless%20pit. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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