I stood at the edge of the cliff and gazed down into the yawning/gaping 'abyss'. [='chasm']
He says that there is a widening 'abyss' between the rich and the poor.
She was pulled down into an 'abyss' of despair.
(..) Two years you've been writing about this administration. - This is it. - I want to follow up, that's all. and a brilliant people rising from this abyss. I see the evil of this time and of the previous time gradually making expiation for itself and wearing out. Surface-to-surface missiles (..)2017 TvShow: House of Cards Title: Chapter 65 Season: 5 Episode 13