In a sentence
Six example sentences with pit, each labelled with its topic.
The crew dug a pit twelve feet deep before pouring the elevator shaft's concrete base.
Architecture
Cooks line the barbecue pit with stones, bury the seasoned pork, and leave it smoking until the next morning.
Cooking
Rain filled the abandoned quarry pit until it became a lake deep enough to swallow the old machinery.
Environment
Archaeologists found a storage pit beneath the farmhouse floor, still holding charred grain from the Bronze Age.
History
One wrong jump in the platformer drops your character into a spiked pit, and the level restarts from the checkpoint.
Gaming
The long jump pit was raked flat before each attempt so the officials could read exactly where the heels landed.
Fitness
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