abysm

Example Sentences

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The universes, as you may know, are set off from each other by totally black and empty abysms, expanses so vast that light-rays have not yet crossed many of them.

From Raiders of the Universes by Wandrei, Donald A.

In fact the music is experimental—in the development-section I endeavor to represent the depths of starry space; one of those black abysms that are the despair of astronomer and telescope.

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James

It is impossible to scrutinize these dread abysms of mansions, without experiencing that strange mixture of repugnance and attraction which certain spectacles are wont to call forth in animated nature.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 by Various

A state of divine revelation wherein for a single moment we are carried by the giant of Eternal Inutility to the abysms and summits of the perpetual Nix.

From The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. by Hubbard, Elbert

Who are you that you dare to descend wingless into the abysms of my soul, that you can smile away my torture and my suffocation?

From The Indian Lily and Other Stories by Lewisohn, Ludwig