When the heavy rain started, water rose quickly and threatened to flood the basement until the sump pit's pump removed it.

When the band launched into the fast section, a mosh pit erupted at the front of the stage.

We met outside the old flea pit and hesitated before buying the tickets.

The tournament organizers decided to pit the veteran champion against the rising rookie to see who would prevail.

The mechanic knelt in the inspection pit to tighten the oil pan bolts from underneath the truck.

The mechanic knelt at the edge of the grease pit to check the truck's oil pan.

The pit bull stayed quietly by the window while I read my book.

The old farmhouse sat above a neglected cess-pit that had long been abandoned.

The shelter received several pit bulls that needed urgent care.

During the dissection, we observed Hatschek's pit as a deep ciliated depression on the dorsal midline of the buccal cavity in the lancelet.