How to Use abyss in a Sentence

abyss

noun

• The bad news is that the event horizon marks the edge of the abyss.
  — Chris Impey, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2020
• Biden talked about pulling the country back from the brink of the abyss.
  — Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2020
• And this is part of the whole looking into the abyss thing.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2024
• For hikers, the Rim Trail acts as the main artery snaking through the woods along the edge of the abyss for 13 miles.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2021
• The pressing question is where the slope ends and the abyss begins.
  — Kees Van Der Staaij, WSJ, 20 July 2017
• This hole, this pit, this abyss… does not seem to follow the laws of physics.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2022
• Covid has turned the Row’s challenges into a brush with the abyss.
  — David Segal, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2020
• Down to the other is a rainbow, which smiles across the roiling mist of the abyss.
  — Anthony Lydgate, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2022
• If you're known to lose your items in the abyss of your purse, opt for this bag from Dagne Dover.
  — Rebecca Carhart, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2022
• The fact is, there’s only way out to of the abyss and Weltman is the man holding the life line.
  — Mike Bianchi, OrlandoSentinel.com, 8 June 2018
• But, as the saying goes, these artists were dancing and drinking on the edge of the abyss.
  — Karen Burshtein, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2018
• The oceanic abyss is home to some of the gnarliest creatures on Earth.
  — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2020
• Hundreds of racing LEDs pave the way into the dark abyss of the desert night.
  — Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2023
• My first thought was to leave her to howl into her own abyss.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
• The abyss of deep purples and tar-like blacks pulls the bottom of the canvas toward the earth.
  — Washington Post, 16 July 2021
• Life at the bottom of the abyss At the bottom of the ocean, miles below the surface, is a potato.
  — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2023
• What, exactly, is out there in the abyss of deep space?
  — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 2 June 2021
• The [small space] between you and the abyss is really just right there in front of your face all the time.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
• Those who love Andreozzi wondered how to reach her in the abyss of grief.
  — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Dec. 2022
• This is where your glasses fall off your face and into the abyss.
  — Erica Lies, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2020
• This movie will pull you into the abyss and consume your soul!
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
• Waking up alone in the middle of the night felt like staring into the abyss.
  — Annabelle Dunne, Vogue, 17 June 2018
• But the train itself was swept off its tracks and swallowed by the roiling abyss.
  — Popular Mechanics, 12 Jan. 2023
• This progress back from the public-relations abyss is the clear trend.
  — Conrad Black, National Review, 1 Aug. 2017
• The horses leapt, a black tide of heavy bodies and blue flame, and Dawes hurled the trumpet into the abyss.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2022
• Moving on and staying alive mean, for the most part, steering clear of that abyss.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• Their avatars walked through the mountains to the edge of an abyss and, for a brief spell, Atticus felt less alone.
  — Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2021
• But there is an easy way to ensure your emails do not get lost in the abyss that is your main inbox.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2023
• Hueningkai looks out the door before taking a leap of faith into the abyss.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2022
• The feel, the environment, the gestures, the voices, the time that made Pina’s work both life-giving and poised at the abyss are gone.
  — Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 2 May 2024