| 1. | And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee. - from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche |
| 2. | The abyss of Eden had yawned once more. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 3. | Deep to the dark abyss might he descend. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 4. | The abyss is subject to these treacheries. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 5. | When the bridge fell, an abyss was formed. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 6. | "Oh, what an abyss what an abyss" cried Felton. - from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 7. | An abyss has opened between us--there is no denying it. - from A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen |
| 8. | It was the abyss parodied on the public place by hubbub. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 9. | They go to Paris as to an abyss there are gulfs which save. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |