PITFALL in a Sentence

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11 example sentences for PITFALL, such as:

1. The earth, permeated with the ocean, becomes a pitfall.
2. Getting professional advice will help you avoid the most obvious pitfalls.
3. Their speed was slow, however, because pitfalls were somewhat common, and had to be guarded against.
4. Her parents warned young Sophie against the pitfall that lays in wait for her in the dangerous big city.
5. The store fell into one of the major pitfalls of small business, borrowing from suppliers by paying bills late.

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 Meanings and Examples of PITFALL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
pitfall
 n.  hidden danger; concealed trap; hidden hazard
Classic Sentence:
1  I found myself in the condition of a schoolmaster, a trap, a pitfall; of always playing spider to Dora's fly, and always pouncing out of my hole to her infinite disturbance.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC
2  The earth, permeated with the ocean, becomes a pitfall.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE ...
3  After this, Mrs. Crupp confined herself to making pitfalls on the stairs, principally with pitchers, and endeavouring to delude Peggotty into breaking her legs.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 34. MY AUNT ASTONISHES ME
4  On our way upstairs, I called her attention to the sudden disappearance of Mrs. Crupp's pitfalls, and also to the prints of recent footsteps.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 34. MY AUNT ASTONISHES ME
5  Their speed was slow, however, because pitfalls were somewhat common, and had to be guarded against.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
Example Sentence:
1  Economy is the poor man' s mint; and extravagance the rich man ' s pitfall.
2  Economy the poor man's mints; extravagance the rich man's pitfall.
3  Economy the poor man's mints; extravagancethe rich man's pitfall.
4  Her parents warned young Sophie against the pitfall that lays in wait for her in the dangerous big city.
5  The store fell into one of the major pitfalls of small business, borrowing from suppliers by paying bills late.
6  Getting professional advice will help you avoid the most obvious pitfalls.