The abyss also may be petty, the serpent of eternity made of maggots; her constant thought was: “Less attention should be paid to my future daughter-in-law and more to me, there is no sorrow like my sorrow,” although when the attention was paid she rejected it irritably.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
At times the evil mind in his heavy head worked with amazing swiftness—and in this last moment of Carter’s threat and defiance he saw the yawning abyss of the cliff behind the Ferret, and its overwhelming temptation.
James Oliver Curwood, A Gentleman of Courage
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Merriam-Webster
— an immeasurably deep gulf or great space
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Macmillan
— a very frightening or dangerous situation, or one in which there seems to be no hope
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Other Word Forms
abysses
Usage
1 use of ‘abyss’ in A Gentleman of Courage, by James Oliver Curwood
1 use of ‘abyss’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster