Usage of "the pits" | TermGallery

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Any place of pain and turmoil;

Usage of the pits in English

They were down in the pits mixing the mortar, were the women. 
 Half Portions 

One by one the five hundred coffins were laid in the pits. 
 Ten Days That Shook the World 

She will break her neck in one of the pits some day. 
 It Is Never Too Late to Mend 

Some dashed off the bluff and fell among the pits and sluices. 
 The Spoilers 

They were now down at floor level in one of the pits. 
 The genesis secret 

He hasn't emerged from the pits after coming in with engine trouble. 
 The Guardian 

They say miners take canaries into the pits to test the air. 
 East of eden 

We didn't take long to unload, find the pits and get setup. 
 Wired 

Despairing, I had him removed to the pits, where he still is. 
 The Gods of Mars 

Sydney could be the pits for a side totally shot to pieces. 
 The Irish Times 

You heard about the neck trusses on the lip of the pits? 
 Number9Dream 

An hour in the pits and White Zombie was ready to roll. 
 Wired 

I'm putting together a maintenance crew to head out for the pits. 
 Cibola Burn 

Well, that ain't enough for a visit to the pits of hell. 
 In the Dark 

Without the pits and stones, they are just an army of foot soldiers. 
 Genghis: bones of the hills: a novel 

Ah, so this is your way of making sure I avoid the pits? 
 The notorious scoundrel 

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Meanings of the pits in English