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Synonyms for quicksand


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kwik-sand
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɪkˌsænd

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Définition of quicksand

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Middle English quyk "living" (see quick (adj.)) + sond "sand" (see sand (n.)). Old English had cwecesund, but this might have meant "lively strait of water."
  • As in mire : noun muck, morass
  • As in pitfall : noun hazard, trap
  • As in quagmire : noun bog
  • As in snare : noun trap
  • As in trap : noun snare, trick
Example sentences :
  • That green strip of willow is the edge of a quicksand where no one knows the depth.
  • Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • The boys will think a quicksand has swallowed us, and no one will be sleeping there at Soledad.
  • Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • In some places it seemed as bottomless as a pit of quicksand.
  • Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
  • She had married the solid Hermie, and he had turned out to be quicksand.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • You never know where you'll meet a quicksand, or a hole in the ice.
  • Extract from : « The Mermaid » by Lily Dougall
  • That love, too, like a quicksand, too often proves a destroyer to the weak-minded.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams
  • This island of heath, dune, and quicksand is wild and romantic.
  • Extract from : « Denmark » by M. Pearson Thomson
  • Don't you remember that when we found the other two out, they were sent to the quicksand pit?
  • Extract from : « A Woman at Bay » by Nicholas Carter
  • I was one of those who helped to throw them into the quicksand pit.
  • Extract from : « A Woman at Bay » by Nicholas Carter
  • And weren't they afterward thrown into the quicksand pit to die?
  • Extract from : « A Woman at Bay » by Nicholas Carter

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