How to Use pitfall in a Sentence
pitfall
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There are none of those pitfalls here.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
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That choice could have brought its own pitfalls.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 25 Mar. 2026
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Yet two more pitfalls my poor little shrub fell prey to.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
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Avoid these common pitfalls to get the most from your tires.
—Wes Siler, Outside, 16 Sep. 2025
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Still, these pitfalls are easy to find alarming.
—Faye Flam, Scientific American, 7 May 2026
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These are the pitfalls our experts warn against.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 10 Jan. 2026
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Here's how to avoid these common pitfalls.
—Natasha Bazika, Martha Stewart, 24 Apr. 2026
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There are pitfalls in his return.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
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The pitfalls and danger of change.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026
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Lack of control is a pitfall of very tall pitchers who throw hard.
—Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 Apr. 2018
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But the idea faces a host of potential pitfalls and a long road ahead.
—Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 23 July 2025
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What could go wrong All the same, there are endless pitfalls.
—The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
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What are the perks and pitfalls of that kind of storytelling?
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2024
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Of course, anyone who has built a home knows there are often pitfalls.
—Joanne Kempinger Demski and Rina Rapuano, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2018
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Others joked about the pitfalls of staying too close to home.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
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But there's also some pitfalls.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 28 May 2026
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Keep these common pitfalls in mind to avoid scratches and stains.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 30 Dec. 2025
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What can be done here to avoid the pitfalls, in my opinion, of that opinion?
—Fox News, 7 July 2018
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Those that were ready may hold clues for the promise, and pitfalls, of e-learning.
—Jenny Anderson, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2020
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This unit is engineered to avoid those pitfalls.
—Noel Cymone Walker, StyleCaster, 29 Sep. 2025
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Of course, this new frontier isn’t without its pitfalls.
—Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Don't be swayed by the loan amount and rate; the terms and conditions can hide pitfalls.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
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Keep your plants blooming by avoiding these pitfalls.
—Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 12 June 2026
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What Biden is facing is a test of mettle, not a pitfall to dodge.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2023
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And so do all the little obstacles and pitfalls along the way.
—New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2026
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Attempts to woo people could suffer from some of the same pitfalls.
—The Economist, 23 Jan. 2020
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Twitter has many pitfalls, one of which is the removal of context.
—Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 27 Dec. 2018
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That’s a story about a composer, and the pitfalls of their ego.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
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Harbour hopes to protect her offscreen as well, from the pitfalls of young fame.
—Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 21 Jan. 2018
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Bullock told Newsweek about both the strengths and pitfalls of the framework.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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