A truce he honestly considered a pitfall of destruction Alas!
Man examining pitfall discovers turtle, and fastens it with a forked stick.
The next day the monkey was cook; but, before cooking, he made a pitfall in front of the stove.
It forms this pitfall of considerable depth, by throwing out the earth obliquely on all sides; and when its trap is finished, it stretches itself along the bottom, remaining stiff and motionless, like a piece of wood.
Pitfall--The pitfall trap for large game was known among nearly all the tribes, but seems not to have been in frequent use.
The people came from all around, and after much talk it was decided that the best way would be to trap her in a pitfall where all the warriors could attack her at once.
The old woman came slowly along the trail, with one hand under her blanket, until she stepped upon the pitfall and tumbled through the brush top into the deep hole below.
So they dug a deep pitfall across the trail and covered it over with earth and grass as if the ground had never been disturbed.
One of these, which preyed particularly upon the Onondaga, was at last taken in a pitfall and thus killed.
When you discover why I push myself Into a pitfall you'd pass safely by, Impart to me among the rest!
You'll scare every lion within five miles of us, laddie," expostulated MacGregor, kneeling at the edge of the pitfall and peering into the darkness within.
Evidently the pitfall had been recently dug, otherwise the spoor of the beasts would not be visible on both sides of it.
Edward looked round, and then perceived that he was close to the clump of trees where Humphrey had made his pitfall for the cattle, and there was a clear spot of about a quarter of a mile between it and where he now stood.
Humphrey went on till they came close to a clump of large trees, and then brought them to a pitfall which he had dug, about six feet wide and eight feet long, and nine feet deep.
Edward held his dog by the mouth, that he should not growl or bark, and then went on in a direction so as to bring the pitfallexactly between Corbould and himself.
Humphrey walked about a mile with Oswald, and was returning to the farm when he thought, as he had not examined his pitfall for many days, that he might as well look at it before he went back.
To make sure that the reindeer would come to the pitfall they scattered moss over the thin crust.
Everybody hurried to thepitfall so as to see the reindeer.
See if you can show in your sand-box how the pitfall was made.
And here is a quite unsuspected pitfall into which they successively plunge headlong.
Physical Liabilities ¶ A tendency to over-excitement and the consequent running down of his batteries is a physical pitfall often fatal to this type.
Physical Liabilities ¶ A tendency to overwork is the chief physical pitfall of this type.
LXXX Oh, Thou, who didst with pitfall and with gin Beset the Road I was to wander in, Thou wilt not with Predestined Evil round Enmesh, and then impute my Fall to Sin!
LVII Oh, Thou, who didst with Pitfall and with Gin Beset the Road I was to wander in, Thou wilt not with Predestination round Enmesh me, and impute my Fall to Sin?
At such times, or when they told others of thepitfall into which they descended striving toward the snow peak, they always used the name Death Valley.
They had descended into thepitfall at its lowest depths.
Moreover, unless you appear blinded by jealousy, your wife will not keep on her guard; for there is no pitfall which she does not distrust, excepting that which she makes for herself.
But you did not tell me where the pitfall was made," said Mr De Vellum, the solicitor.
We are mentioning these matters simply that the student may avoid this "I Am God" pitfall which awaits the Candidate just as he has well started on the Path.
Avoid this pitfall into which so many have fallen.
Yet at that moment I realized the ghastly truth, that I had tumbled into the hidden pitfall against which both Shuttleworth and Sylvia had warned me.
I have told you this because it is my duty to warn those in whose path a pitfall is spread.
I--I know nothing," I managed to exclaim blankly, at once realizing the terrible pitfall into which I had fallen.
That's why I come, lest this appointment should ha' proved a pitfall to you.
I come out for an airing after every act, and there's a whole pitfall of ticketers yelling and tearing, and I chaff my way through and back clean as a red-hot poker.
It reached the immediate vicinity of the pitfall and stood beneath the trees, fairly outlined against the opening beyond, and affording to the almost breathless couple a splendid spectacle.
When, later, the youths dared to visit the scene of their bold exploit, there were only bones in the pitfall they had made.
Evidently the calf was in the company of its mother when it fell a victim to the art of the pitfall diggers.
The place was deserted again and no nearer approach was made to the pitfall than the treetops of the hillside.
Not a hundred yards from the pitfall the high grass was swaying gently; some creature was passing along toward the pitfall and a thing of no slight size.
They wanted to feel assured that the monster was asleep, then, quietly, they slid down the tree trunk and, with noiseless step, stole by the pitfall and toward the hillside.
All about the pitfall the earth was plowed in furrows and beaten down by the feet of some monstrous animal.
The exultation was fully justified, for the pitfall held a young rhinoceros, a creature only a few months old, but so huge already that it nearly filled the excavation.
As they saw what the pitfall held, they yelled in unison, and danced wildly around the opening, in the very height of boyish triumph.
And yet she refused--blankly refused--to tell me the truth, and so place me upon my guard against any plot or pitfall which the enemy might prepare for us.
Therefore we must both be wary--extremely wary--for we never know where the next pitfall may be concealed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pitfall" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
