How to Use pit in a Sentence

pit

1 of 2 noun

• Some of the remains were dumped in the sea, while others were found in garbage pits.
  — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2023
• In the dead of night, Hull and his associates dug a pit and buried the giant.
  — Daniel T. Ksepka, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
• Outside, the aft is home to the aforementioned pool, a bar, a lounge, and a fire pit.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2023
• The first round of pit stops begin, and Colton Herta speeds on pit lane.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2023
• Pulling the seeds by hand is not the most efficient way to pit cherries.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2023
• Mosh pits form while others in the crowd dance, jump and scream along; crowd surfers soar across the entire venue.
  — Josh Chesler, SPIN, 15 May 2023
• The gulch and the forest around it became a bonfire pit waiting for a spark.
  — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
• Ryan Blaney made multiple trips to pit road and is now 24th.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2024
• This year's race will also have two pit lanes for drivers to pause and change tires on both sides of the street.
  — Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2023
• Cooked in a fire pit over hot coals, the sunchokes absorb plenty of smoke.
  — Kara Newman, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
• Hot drinks are available, as is a fire pit for roasting s’mores.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• There's a swimming pool and creek for the kids to splash in, plus a horseshoe pit and basketball courts.
  — Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
• Bring it to parties, keep it on the patio during fire pit season, and toss it in the car for road trips.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
• Next to the kitchen, there's also an additional fire pit area and a pool.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2023
• Adult flea beetles chew leaves, leaving pits or small holes in the foliage.
  — oregonlive, 10 June 2023
• Some of the wooden steps around the house are also broken, as is the fire pit and some of the outdoor furniture.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 9 Nov. 2023
• The first video showed the kids lighting roman candle fireworks around a fire pit.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 1 Jan. 2024
• Outside are fountains, a fire pit, a pool with a waterfall and a putting green.
  — Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2024
• And that chatter, in turn, led Kat to pull throw herself into the pit once more — this time the viper pit that is Twitter.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2023
• At the base of the stairs, a mechanical pit was filled with dirt and turned into a planter that brings a bit of the outdoors into the heart of the home.
  — Mark David, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2023
• One turtle dug herself a pit where a fishing net had been buried.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
• Nothing adds ambiance and brings the heat to your backyard quite like an outdoor fire pit.
  — Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 17 May 2023
• Each dwelling has a spacious backyard with a picnic table and a fire pit.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2023
• This is the real thing, the kind of double-decked drama that puts a pep in your step and pit in your stomach all Sunday.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023
• The orchestra pit rises again as the dancers freeze on these warriors who possess both brawn and heart.
  — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• There were about eighty people on the roof: Ilhan Omar raised a glass of sparkling water for a toast; a half-dozen Squad staffers drank whiskey around a fire pit.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• Kroger stock has seen strong bearish sentiment in the options pits for the past couple weeks as well.
  — Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• The faux stone fire pit is modern yet durable and comes with an unobtrusive steel storage box to hide the propane tank.
  — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
• There’s a small bar indoors, but the beer garden is the big draw, with decks, picnic tables, Adirondack chairs and fire pits.
  — Jay R. Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
• Save up to 64% on ball pits, bubble wands, light-up scooters, trampolines, and more.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 8 Apr. 2024

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pit

2 of 2 verb

• That may end up pitting him against some of these girls.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 29 May 2023
• Now, plans for the 2024 Olympics are pitting the merchants against the city government.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
• Denny Hamlin has the lead, and most of the leaders now haven’t pitted in more than 17 laps.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2024
• Stir in 1/4 cup water and 1/2 cup chopped pitted green olives.
  — Kathleen Purvis, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• That mission takes him across Europe and pits Hemsworth against hordes of stuntmen.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 15 June 2023
• The game will pit the two best quarterbacks in the league — Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes — against each other.
  — David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
• To garnish each glass, thread 3 pitted green olives onto a long Thai chile and set over glass.
  — Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
• On their own podcast, the trio discussed how Schwahn would pit the women on the series against each other.
  — Glamour, 4 Mar. 2024
• Webb gave up nine hits in his five innings while he was pitted against Dylan Cease.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2023
• Everyone else that pitted from the fast lane didn’t crash into someone, so that’s not the point.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Apr. 2023
• In May, social-media users pitted the two movie legends against each other in a new way.
  — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
• For the rest of us, however, pitting cherries without a tool is messy.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2023
• There won’t be a quick end to a nasty lawsuit pitting members of the Isley Brothers against each other over the trademark rights to the band’s name.
  — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 24 Aug. 2023
• The issue has pitted businesses and unions against each other in court battles around the world.
  — Max Ramsay, Fortune Europe, 12 Mar. 2024
• Behind him, Herta and Will Power, running 2nd and 3rd, had not pitted and lost out with the yellow.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Sep. 2023
• The duo chose to pit humans against AI because the emerging technology had been a big part of the discourse at the beginning of the year.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
• More than pitting one country’s tech sector against the other, a free flow of people means a free flow of ideas, tech progress, and knowledge.
  — Semyon Dukach, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2023
• The kitchen looked like a slaughterhouse with cherry juice splashed across every surface, and the task of pitting all those cherries?
  — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
• In his speech, Lynch claimed that the secret to controlling the enslaved was pitting them against one another.
  — Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
• The story explores the age-old battle over water rights, pitting a wealthy landowner against the city and smaller farmers in the region.
  — U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2023
• Throughout the many dance competitions and Miller pitting the dancers against each other, genuine friendships were formed among the younger cast.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
• Lundgaard and Palou pitted on opposite ends of Lap 60 with Lundgaard going with sticker primaries while Palou went with scuffed tires.
  — Michael Marot, ajc, 13 May 2023
• The Pope’s Exorcist is the latest in a long line of films pitting priests against demonic forces, the most famous of which being The Exorcist (1973).
  — Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
• Two quick cautions on Lap 41 Just as the full field had finally pitted, Grosjean sent strategists of cars at the front into a frenzy.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 16 July 2023
• The war had pitted Harvard students’ careerism against their idealism, and in many cases the careerism had won.
  — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
• Season 6 saw a shift in the series, pitting Rhoades against Prince as the new head of Axe Capital and the former attorney’s newest foe.
  — Sage Anderson, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2023
• And the opening episode of this final, 12th season pits a furious Larry against a nonchalant Siri.
  — Wesley Morris Ron Butler Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
• The case pits 16 young Montanans against the state in the first constitutional climate trial in US history.
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 23 July 2023
• That setup can pit neighbor against neighbor after events like police killings.
  — Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 1 Sep. 2023
• The New Empire is a followup to 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong, this time pitting the two behemoths against a colossal undiscovered threat that puts the survival of humanity at risk.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024