Examples of cesspit in a Sentence
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Early last week, the buzzy social network Bluesky—a onetime Twitter spinout that’s soaking up many refugees from the cesspit now known as X—finally started letting people in without invitations.
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David Meyer, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024
Diagon Alley becomes a cesspit of Death Eaters during Halloween Horror Nights.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2023
Only wealthy elites had toilets, which typically consisted of a hole carved into a slab of stone with a latrine cesspit below for storing the waste.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2023
One sergeant was in the rice paddy, and a weapons specialist was knocked out in a cesspit.
—CBS News, 3 Mar. 2023
The fecal and food sludge emptied into a cesspit or directly into the street, rather than the sewer system.
—Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2020
Where to begin with the online cesspit that is Depp v. Heard?
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 17 May 2022
The team collected 15 sediment samples from the cesspit below the stone toilet seat.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2022
In Israel, meanwhile, researchers discovered an intact, 1,000-year-old chicken egg in a cesspit in the ancient city of Yavne.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2021
David Meyer, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024
Diagon Alley becomes a cesspit of Death Eaters during Halloween Horror Nights.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2023
Only wealthy elites had toilets, which typically consisted of a hole carved into a slab of stone with a latrine cesspit below for storing the waste.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2023
One sergeant was in the rice paddy, and a weapons specialist was knocked out in a cesspit.
—CBS News, 3 Mar. 2023
The fecal and food sludge emptied into a cesspit or directly into the street, rather than the sewer system.
—Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2020
Where to begin with the online cesspit that is Depp v. Heard?
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 17 May 2022
The team collected 15 sediment samples from the cesspit below the stone toilet seat.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2022
In Israel, meanwhile, researchers discovered an intact, 1,000-year-old chicken egg in a cesspit in the ancient city of Yavne.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2021
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“Cesspit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cesspit. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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