rabbit hole
noun
: a complexly bizarre or difficult state or situation conceived of as a hole into which one falls or descends
I wanted to show this woman descending into the rabbit hole: this loss of self, becoming a servant to her job and to the work.—
Jessica Chastain
Jessica Chastain
especially
: one in which the pursuit of something (such as an answer or solution) leads to other questions, problems, or pursuits
While trying to find the picture again on Google, I fell down the Cosmo rabbit hole, scrolling through a gallery of swimwear, then through "How to Be Sexier-Instantly" and then through all 23 slides of "Sexy Ideas for Long Hair." —Edith Zimmerman
Edith Zimmerman Because it is so early on in this work it is easy to say that we are either at the edge of a remarkable new and useful science or that we are careering down an environmental rabbit hole. —Jack Hitt
Jack Hitt In the season-two premiere of HBO's Westworld, viewers were again tossed down a rabbit hole filled with theories, where one open door leads to many more closed ones. —Josh Wigler and Zoe Haylock
Josh Wigler and Zoe Haylock Examples of rabbit hole in a Sentence
shoreline residents are finding themselves helplessly falling down a rabbit hole in their Sisyphean efforts to halt beach erosion
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Senior photos Our journey into a financial rabbit hole actually commenced over the summer, when I was contacted about scheduling my daughter’s senior photos.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 Sep. 2025
These are all statements said in an attempt to draw concern from you to contact the source of the email and fall into the rabbit hole the scammers have dug.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
If your behavior has changed, really go down that rabbit hole and investigate what’s going on with your hormones.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 11 Sep. 2025
The crime comedy focuses on siblings Megan and Nathan who discover a dead body, long buried in their parents’ basement, sending them down a rabbit hole of crime and murder.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 Sep. 2025
These are all statements said in an attempt to draw concern from you to contact the source of the email and fall into the rabbit hole the scammers have dug.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
If your behavior has changed, really go down that rabbit hole and investigate what’s going on with your hormones.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 11 Sep. 2025
The crime comedy focuses on siblings Megan and Nathan who discover a dead body, long buried in their parents’ basement, sending them down a rabbit hole of crime and murder.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rabbit hole
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“Rabbit hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rabbit%20hole. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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