1The ancient city was built around a massive pit that served as a quarry for the construction of its walls.
2The novel's protagonist falls into a pit of despair after losing her loved one, struggling to find a way out of her emotional darkness.
3Archaeologists carefully excavated the pit, uncovering artifacts that shed new light on the region's history.
4The company's financial struggles have left it in a pit of debt, with no clear path to recovery in sight.
5In Dante's Inferno, the pit of hell is a place of eternal suffering, where the damned are punished for their sins.