How to Use pit in a Sentence

pit

1 of 2 noun

• Most fire pits have three or four rows of blocks.
  — Daniel Modlin, Architectural Digest, 5 Mar. 2026
• And bear them off to hard labour in the grease pits.
  — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
• There was seating around a fire pit.
  — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
• His dad’s pit sits now in his backyard.
  — Noelle Alviz-Gransee march 15, Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2026
• Grandma cooks food in a fire pit in the floor.
  — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
• Above him at a riverside home roared a fire in a pit.
  — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
• There’s a fire pit for every taste on this list.
  — Daniel Modlin, Architectural Digest, 5 Mar. 2026
• This was once the site of the deepest pit in the world.
  — Michael Walker, New York Times, 29 May 2026
• There’s a fire pit and sauna for all guests to enjoy.
  — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
• Try adding a fire pit for making s'mores on cool fall nights.
  — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 10 June 2026
• Place any fire pit seating at least three feet from the flames.
  — Daniel Modlin, Architectural Digest, 5 Mar. 2026
• Those pits can trap moisture and lead to rust down the road.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
• As soon as the camera turned on, things in the ball pit took a turn.
  — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
• Build your campfire in a metal ring or pit.
  — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 16 Sep. 2025
• Warm drinks and fire pits will be available while supplies last.
  — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
• Just below, built-in seating wraps around a fire pit.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 15 May 2026
• So with the lightning hold lifted, the field filed down pit lane.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 May 2026
• Coffee, which has a sand pit that your daughter can play in.
  — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
• Let’s see what happens when this pit cycle works through.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Feb. 2026
• And there’s the requisite pool, pool bar, and fire pit.
  — Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
• Two bocce courts and a horseshoe pit.
  — David Caraccio march 21, Sacbee.com, 21 Mar. 2026
• The caution prompts most of the field to head down pit road to fuel up.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Feb. 2026
• Hot drinks are available, as is a fire pit for roasting s’mores.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• Climb walls, jump over water pits, end up in this huge concrete dome.
  — Tracee Ellis Ross, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
• Should peach pits be dried before planting?
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 6 June 2026
• But those pit people are ninjas.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 1 Mar. 2026
• Misters keep things cool in the summer heat, and fire pits make cool evenings cozy.
  — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
• There was even a blue-and-white bouncy house complete with a huge ball pit.
  — Kayla Grant, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
• There are ways to pit cherries without one, but a tool makes quick work of it.
  — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 May 2026
• Some of the remains were dumped in the sea, while others were found in garbage pits.
  — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2023

pit

2 of 2 verb

• Tires matter, but so does knowing when to pit.
  — Sal Rehmetullah, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
• No pitting schools against each other.
  — Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
• Her square to picky Venus, though, could pit self-care desires against home chores.
  — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2026
• And the media couldn’t get enough of pitting these guys against each other.
  — Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 7 June 2026
• The commander-in-chief loves chaos, pitting one side against the other.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
• The game pitted mother against daughter.
  — Ryan Brennan march 3, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
• There has been an attempt to pit racial groups and economic classes against each other.
  — Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
• The move pits Bianco at further odds with Atty.
  — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
• For the rest of us, however, pitting cherries without a tool is messy.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2023
• The fifth would pit Japan against one of the playoff winners to be determined.
  — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026
• The weekend pits them against a Brentford side who have excelled at winning tight games.
  — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
• To garnish each glass, thread 3 pitted green olives onto a long Thai chile and set over glass.
  — Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
• Webb gave up nine hits in his five innings while he was pitted against Dylan Cease.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2023
• McLaren could have pitted and started from the pits before fighting through the field.
  — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 27 May 2026
• Crews pitted — nearly out of fuel — as Heim opted to stay out.
  — Shane Connuck october 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
• Surely there’s some way to pit these guys against each other, to stoke the fan bases, to brew a rivalry for the ages.
  — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
• That mission takes him across Europe and pits Hemsworth against hordes of stuntmen.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 15 June 2023
• Everyone else that pitted from the fast lane didn’t crash into someone, so that’s not the point.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Apr. 2023
• Then there’s the playoff format, which pitted two of the very best teams in the league against each other in the first round.
  — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 1 May 2026
• That setup can pit neighbor against neighbor after events like police killings.
  — Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 1 Sep. 2023
• Before the two even had time to understand themselves, the world was ready to pit them against each other.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
• This year’s Super Bowl pits two low-wattage teams in a rematch from 11 years ago.
  — Randall Williams, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026
• The race also pits change against experience.
  — Shannon McCaffrey, AJC.com, 10 June 2026
• So he was forced to pit 16 laps later under the green, dropping him deep into the back of the pack.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
• The issue has pitted businesses and unions against each other in court battles around the world.
  — Max Ramsay, Fortune Europe, 12 Mar. 2024
• The venture pits players from a variety of backgrounds in a series of one-on-one matchups.
  — Christian Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026
• In May, social-media users pitted the two movie legends against each other in a new way.
  — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
• Fans often pit Apple and Google against each other as fierce rivals.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2025
• Beware that cleaners and vinegar will pit and damage stone and tile finishes.
  — Emerson Latham, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2026
• Chase Briscoe pits from the lead, and Bubba Wallace is your new leader.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 1 Sep. 2025