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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a pit of dread" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a deep feeling of fear or anxiety, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "As she stood at the edge of the dark forest, she felt as if she were staring into a pit of dread."
Alternatives: "a chasm of fear" or "an abyss of anxiety."
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As I drew the curtains I felt a pit of dread in my stomach.
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One treatment for depression had me in a fire pit of dread and self-hatred, and I was only saved by a random intervention.
A pit of snakes.
A pit of bottomless despair?
I was in a pit of pain.
For me, the slide down begins after the new year and steadily declines, building rapid speed from there, falling into the pit of the dreaded dead of winter.
But a sense of dread pervades them.
Beneath the veneer of tranquillity, a feeling of dread prevails.
Awaits with a sense of dread his expected letter.
"Poor little pitiful," Sallie said in a voice of dread.
A sense of dread is creeping over Philadelphia.
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