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Cesspit is an English word with synonyms like cesspool or sink. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Cesspit meaning

  1. A cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water.
  2. A place or situation characterised by corruption, filth or immoral activities.

Synonyms of Cesspit

cesspool sink sump cistern

Related words

Other words often associated with Cesspit or its synonyms:

reservoir tank fall source cisterna drop slump descend activity sinkhole sac move

Using Cesspit

  • The main meaning on this page is: A cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water. | A place or situation characterised by corruption, filth or immoral activities.
  • Useful related words include: cesspool, sink, sump, cistern.
  • In the example corpus, cesspit often appears in combinations such as: into cesspit, the cesspit, cesspit of.

Context around Cesspit

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

medieval 1× online 1× unspoilt 1×

Often after:

need 1× close 1× full 1×

Sentence patterns with Cesspit

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

above a cesspit close to 1× an unspoilt cesspit with an 1× giant medieval cesspit right in 1× into a cesspit need turfing 1× into a cesspit of appalling 1× into the cesspit full of 1× the online cesspit 1× was a cesspit of poverty 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

also included in 1× but they weren 1× home office pathologist 1× injecting a little 1× the digital world 1× the university is 1×

Common sentence endings:

a new one 1× cesspit need turfing 1× excrement albeit unconscious 1× it would seem 1× produced spectacular results 1× the online cesspit 1×

Words around Cesspit

Just before it in the word index:

cessouma 2 cessnock 38 cessna 69 cessions 6 cession 26 cessford 2

Just after it in the word index:

cesspits 5 cesspool 43 cesspools 13 cest 9 cesta 8 cestare 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 13 aamer 13 aave 13 abdelmadjid 13 abdulkarim 13 abdulsalami 13

Corpus analysis for Cesspit

  • In this selection, "cesspit" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, medieval, online, unspoilt, need, close and full stand out and add context to how "cesspit" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include above a cesspit close to and an unspoilt cesspit with an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "cesspit" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with cesspit

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Then again, isn’t this just the online cesspit? (9 words)

The digital world needs cleaning and the people who turn it into a cesspit need turfing. (16 words)

Injecting a little capitalism into what was a cesspit of poverty and despair produced spectacular results. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

The University is not obliged to support the Critic and personally I'm surprised they didn't do this years ago given that the magazine continues to descend into a cesspit of appalling and repulsive imagery and content, just for shock value it would seem. (45 words)

Home Office pathologist Dr Nat Cary told the jury at St Albans Crown Court that it was possible that Ms Bailey was still alive when she was thrown into the cesspit full of “human excrement”, albeit unconscious. (37 words)

They have also found an unspoilt cesspit with “an absolute mass of oyster shell and bone”, among other material that could shed valuable new light. (25 words)

Question examples

Then again, isn’t this just the online cesspit? (9 words)

Example sentences (8)

The digital world needs cleaning and the people who turn it into a cesspit need turfing.

But they weren’t really expecting a giant medieval cesspit — right in the place where they were building a new one.

Then again, isn’t this just the online cesspit?

The University is not obliged to support the Critic and personally I'm surprised they didn't do this years ago given that the magazine continues to descend into a cesspit of appalling and repulsive imagery and content, just for shock value it would seem.

Also included in the exhibition is a rare 12th century triple toilet seat which once sat above a cesspit close to the River Fleet.

Home Office pathologist Dr Nat Cary told the jury at St Albans Crown Court that it was possible that Ms Bailey was still alive when she was thrown into the cesspit full of “human excrement”, albeit unconscious.

Injecting a little capitalism into what was a cesspit of poverty and despair produced spectacular results.

They have also found an unspoilt cesspit with “an absolute mass of oyster shell and bone”, among other material that could shed valuable new light.

Common combinations with cesspit

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "cesspit" in a sentence?
An example: "The digital world needs cleaning and the people who turn it into a cesspit need turfing." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "cesspit" from authentic English texts.
What does "cesspit" mean?
Cesspit means: A cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water.
What are synonyms of "cesspit"?
Common synonyms of "cesspit" include: cesspool, sink, sump, cistern.
How many example sentences with "cesspit" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "cesspit", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.