Pit
Pit noun - A sunken area forming a separate space.
Quicksand
Quicksand noun - A pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down.
Both words in one sentence
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The Will-o'-Wisp haunts places like bogs, swamps and dungeons where death traps like mires, quicksand and Pit Traps can be found.
Source: Vampiric Draining -
Duke falls into a pit of quicksand while escaping from Cobra in an episode of G.I.
Source: Quicksand Sucks -
Roy and Valerie get stuck in a pit of quicksand while traveling across the Second Dimension in Journey of the Cartoon Man.
Source: Quicksand Sucks
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Quicksand and Pit. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pit/quicksand
Pit & Quicksand. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pit/quicksand>.
Quicksand or Pit. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pit/quicksand.
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