abysm
Example Sentences
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And then, ignoring the dizzying abysm behind us, the head told us the story of St Hugh, as depicted there in front of us in the stained glass.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2014
As against Europe's dark backward and abysm of wars and revolutions, America was still a New World with its own democratic New Order still evolving.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some time, some place in the dark backward and abysm of time, the first "living" thing was created, and evolution began.
From Time Magazine Archive
As if to answer Prospero's question, "What seest thou else in the dark backward and abysm of time?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Vogüé declared that Tolstoy had, like an intrepid explorer, leaped into an abysm of philosophical contradictions.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
