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How to use pit in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Pit means a hole in the ground. Example: “The meadow around the town is full of old pits.”

Examples of pit by meaning

nounA hole in the ground.

  • The meadow around the town is full of old pits.

nounAn area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.

  • Two drivers have already gone into the pit this early in the race.

nounA small surface hole or depression, a fossa.

  • Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell.2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845

nounOnly used in the pits.

  • His circus job was the pits, but at least he was in show business.

nounA mosh pit.

  • Because the museum was closed for renovation, the school decided to bring its fourth-graders to the pit at a Cannibal Corpse gig instead.

nounThe center of the line.

  • For the “Head-On” tackle have the “Ball Carrier” stand right in front of the pit and face the tackler.2007, Bob Swope, Youth Football Drills and Plays Handbook, page 29
  • “They don't call the middle of the line The Pit for nothing.2018, Paul Zimmerman, The New Thinking Man's Guide to Professional Football

nounA bed.

  • Many Bacardi & Cokes later I climbed up into my pit and fell into a deep sleep, and woke up at one thirty in the morning and threw up my tea.2009, Julian Beirne, Diary of a Sapper, page 55

nounAn undesirable location, especially an unclean one.

  • This house is a total pit. We've got to do some cleaning!

More sentences with pit

  • The trumpets were assigned to stand at the rear of the orchestra pit.From the entry trumpet
  • The pit floor showed where a ring of post holes had been.From the entry floor
  • I have a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach.From the entry sinking feeling
  • It was so hot, I was starting to pit out by mid-morning.From the entry pit out
  • We must pit our wits against our enemy and find a way to defeat him.From the entry pit one's wits
  • The dishwasher didn't show up, so I spent my whole shift in the dish pit.From the entry dish pit
  • Jones enters the pits to get new rubber.From the entry rubber
  • There was a pit in the bottom of my stomach.From the entry bottom
  • The gravel pit had been worked out.From the entry work out
  • Maharajah and the Sepoys pits a single royal amazon for white against a standard chess army for black.From the entry royal
  • Greasing involves climbing under the vehicle into an inspection pit.From the entry climb
  • This whole experience has been the pits.From the entry the pits
  • At all events, there never should have been any weapons in the mosh pit in the first place.From the entry at all events
  • The principal insight behind the Christy pit was that a solid, subcritical core of plutonium could be compressed to criticality.From the entry Christy pit
  • Pit beef is a local specialty around Baltimore, Maryland.From the entry pit beef
  • Pit row was abuzz with activity.From the entry activity
  • I had to make a couple of pit stops along the way from Cadiz to Santiago de Compostela to give myself a break.From the entry pit stop
  • At this rate, he was going to pit out his dress shirt, and he didn't have anything to change into before the meeting.From the entry pit out
  • I'm gonna make a pit stop at the bathroom for a quick vom.2025 January 23, Sam Shanker, “Baby Kangaroos and Chickens” (9:39 from the start), in Animal Control, season 3, episode 4, spoken by Emily…. From the entry vom
  • It’s a money pit,” said Jeff Schuster, global vice president of automotive research at research firm GlobalData.2024 December 17, Chris Isidore, “The retreat from the world’s largest auto market has begun”, in CNN. From the entry automotive
  • One calls LinkedIn a “pit of despair.” Another feels an overwhelming lack of purpose.2024 July 24, Lynette Rice, “Hollywood’s Mental Health Crisis: How Job Losses Are Impacting Industry Executives As LinkedIn Is Labeled A…. From the entry pit of despair
  • I am going to describe a video that threw me into a pit of despair.2020 January 29, Dan Brooks, “Comedy Written for the Machines”, in New York Times Magazine. From the entry tween
  • Though many pits have been shut, the craggy landscape bears the scars of decades of excessive mining.2018 November 26, David Stanway, Joseph Campbell, Muyu Xu, Shanghai newsroom, “Smog war casualty: China coal city bears brunt of pollution…. From the entry Jincheng
  • Chappals and shoes will fill up the garbage pit too quickly.2016, Megan Adamson Sijapati with Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz, Religion and Modernity in the Himalaya, page 173. From the entry chappal
  • Lucie cherries are harvested for their pits, which are cracked open to reveal small light-brown kernels.2015, Lindsay Herman, Herb & Spice Companion: The Complete Guide to Over 100 Herbs & Spices. From the entry mahlab
  • His eyes are cold, and the chill between us twists in the pit of my stomach.2014, Tammara Webber, Between the Lines, →ISBN. From the entry chill
  • A pit boss standing behind the dealer joked: “I don’t have any money!2014 January 16, Victoria Bekiempis, “Atlantic City's Last 'Low-Roller' Casino Busts”, in Newsweek, retrieved 10 Jun 2015. From the entry pit boss
  • Avocados have the most perfect pit in each of their halves to hold another ingredient.2014 September 18, Kristin Kirkpatrick, “6 Fabulous Ways to Eat an Avocado: Turn that fruit into a frozen treat, soup or salsamole.”, in…. From the entry salsamole
  • Speaking of filling in the pit, you can use avocados as a “bowl” as well.2014 September 18, Kristin Kirkpatrick, “6 Fabulous Ways to Eat an Avocado: Turn that fruit into a frozen treat, soup or salsamole.”, in…. From the entry salsamole
  • Every eye watched Baba Segi as he barged through the door of the unroofed pit latrine.2010, Lola Shoneyin, chapter 9, in The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives, Harper Collins. From the entry unroofed
  • Anyway, rumor had it that she'd already been to the passion pit.2010, Carroll Osburn, The Edge of the Wedge: Recollections of a Reluctant Prodigal, AuthorHouse, page 211. From the entry passion pit

Meaning of pit

  1. noun A hole in the ground.
  2. noun An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
  3. noun The section of a marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to be marched, such as the tam-tam; the front ensemble. Can also refer to the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.

Full definition of pit

Questions about pit in a sentence

How do you use pit in a sentence?
Pit is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The meadow around the town is full of old pits.”
What is a short sentence with pit?
“Pit row was abuzz with activity.”
What does pit mean?
Pit means a hole in the ground.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pit (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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