Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
depth . - noun literary The
deepest part. (Usually of a body of water.) - noun literary A very
remote part. - noun of an emotion The lowest point, all-time low,
nadir . - noun The most
severe part.
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Examples
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They discover a hidden cave system and what they find in the depths is an unimaginable horror.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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When two writers are involved who happen to be great contemporary poets, artistic equals, the material that explodes out of the depths is bound to be incandescent, exhilarating, unearthly and passionate.
Ted Hughes's final lines to Sylvia Plath bring closure to a tragic tale Robert McCrum 2010
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Why can't it be a part of nature or in depths of nature that we can't now or perhaps ever understand?
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Why can't it be a part of nature or in depths of nature that we can't now or perhaps ever understand?
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Best of all, with oxygen confined to the surface layer, most prey is in depths of less than 10 feet.
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Yet sore I fear that I shall die in depths of my chagrin
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Some anglers fish them in depths in excess of 300 feet.
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As the surface freezes, walleyes are going to be where you last left them: in depths of 5 to 10 feet on points.
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Hook 1 ½ - to 2-inch shiners through the back or the lip, then drift or slowly troll over points, cove mouths, brush, and other likely crappie staging areas in depths of 8 to 20 feet.
25 Killer Spring Tips for Bass, Trout, Crappie, Walleys, and Pike 2005
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Because of their fine diameter and lack of stretch, superbraids are almost no work at all in depths of 350 feet or more; move the rod tip up 6 inches, and the jig covers the same distance.
Jig Time 1999
gcastro commented on the word depths
in my reading class the book said to reading in depth is better to understand the reading
October 31, 2010