as in ocean
an immeasurable depth or space looking down at the dark ocean from the ship's rail, the cruise passenger felt as though he was staring into an abyss

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Recent Examples of abyss The two turnovers put the Panthers in a 10-point hole in the middle of the first quarter, and they were forced to climb out of the abyss all game. Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025 Reviews were mixed at the time, but that deep-dive into the widening mental abyss of a hypochondriac playwright (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman) has only grown in esteem over time. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025 Some vociferously insist that nobody of their right mind would ever fall into the AI psychosis abyss. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 As a result, his vocals have a kind of stately yet starry-eyed quality, giving structure to these deformed, cosmic beats from the internet abyss. Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for abyss
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Noun
  • About halfway down the driveway, a dirt road branches off to the west along the lagoon to the ocean.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The race, which began in 1989, consists of 44,000 kilometres of ocean racing and is considered among the most demanding tests of endurance in sport.
    Ali Rampling, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Underscore those last three words — in the West — because the Grizzlies’ example illustrates a key truth about the difference between the East and West, one that possibly helps maintain the near-continuous chasm in strength between the two conferences.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But as Abetti freely admits, there is a chasm between a brilliant idea and a lasting enterprise.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Two batters later, a single scored them both, helping create a gulf the Yankees couldn’t overcome in a 5-2 season-ending loss in Game 4 of the American League Division Series.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The gulf between pilots and scale is one of the defining stories of AI today.
    Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In that moment, a chain of brake lights in each lane led drivers’ eyes to a pit of flashing lights, just before an empty expanse of road where each car had intended to be but wasn’t.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The photos, released Tuesday by the European Space Agency, show a fuzzy white dot moving against the vast expanse of space.
    Denise Chow, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Bostick listed as starter SDSU junior transfer wide receiver Jacob Bostick moved ahead of Myles Kitt-Denton on the two-deep updated for the Cal game.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Hutch screams at thugs during a four-on-one melee, and the irony is only flesh-wound deep.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025

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“Abyss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abyss. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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