Deep

//diːp//

"Deep" in a Sentence (75 examples)

You'll find yourself in deep water if you continue to live beyond your means.

It's as deep as it is wide.

Once outside, I gave a deep sigh of relief.

If we pay the rent to the landlady, we won't have any money for food; we are between the devil and the deep blue sea.

Still waters run deep.

Silent waters run deep.

They were deep in the red and closed up shop.

Under no circumstances must you swim in the deep river!

No words can relieve her deep sorrow.

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The lake is extremely deep.

We hiked into a deep valley between tall mountains.

There was a deep layer of dust on the floor; the room had not been disturbed for many years.

In the mid-1970s, the economy went into a deep recession.

We are in deep trouble.

Smooth runnes the Water, where the Brooke is deepe,

Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.

While Britain’s recession has been deep and unforgiving, in London it has been relatively shallow.

The differences in biofilm penetration patterns of both tested photosensitisers and the light source could have played an important role for the survival of microorganisms after the application of aPDT. In a recent own study, we showed that the deepest layers of the oral biofilm were not affected by the aPDT [4 ].

Diving down to deep wrecks can be dangerous.

I can't get the bullet out – it's too deep.

The shelves are 30 centimetres deep. — They are deep shelves.

That cyclist's deep chest allows him to draw more air.

The water was waist-deep.

There is an arm-deep hole in the wall.

a crowd four deep along the funeral procession, and people two deep on the sidewalks

to take a deep breath / sigh / drink

Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.[…]She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.

He is fielding at deep mid wicket.

She hit a ball into deep center field.

a deep volley

a deep run into the opposition half

Our defensive live is too deep. We need to move further up the field.

She returns serve from a very deep position.

the brachialis is deep to the biceps

The superficial fascia surrounds the body and includes subcutaneous fat; the deep fascia surrounds the musculoskeletal system; the meningeal fascia surrounds the nervous system; the visceral fascia surrounds body cavities and organs.

That is a deep thought!

Your analysis does not cut deep enough yet.

They're in deep discussion.

And it's me you need to show / How deep is your love?

a deep subject or plot

Why it was that the ancients had no landscape painting, is a question deep almost as the mystery of life, and harder of solution than all the problems of jurisprudence combined.

Deepe clearks ſhe dumb's

I never said I was deep, but I am profoundly shallow / My lack of knowledge is vast, and my horizons are narrow

Or doth she only seem to take ⁠The touch of change in calm or storm; ⁠But knows no more of transient form In her deep self, than some dead lake That holds the shadow of a lark ⁠Hung in the shadow of a heaven?

She has a very deep contralto voice.

The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.

That's a very deep shade of blue.

The spices impart a deep flavour to the dish.

The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].

He was in a deep sleep.

The ways in that vale were very deep.

in the deep past

The ogre lived in a cave deep underground.

We ventured deep into the forest.

His problems lie deep in the subconscious.

I am deep in debt.

Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.

It is one of the ironies of capital cities that each acts as a symbol of its nation, and yet few are even remotely representative of it. London has always set itself apart from the rest of Britain — but political, economic and social trends are conspiring to drive that wedge deeper.

I thought long and deep.

Deep verſt in books and ſhallow in himſelf,

breathe deep, drink deep

A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing; / Drink deep, or taſte not the Pierian Spring:

He's normally a midfield player, but today he's playing deep.

creatures of the deep

How few! yet how they creep / Through my fingers to the deep, / While I weep—while I weep! / O God! can I not grasp / Them with a tighter clasp?

Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

And what delights can equal those ⁠That stir the spirit’s inner deeps, ⁠When one that loves but knows not, reaps A truth from one that loves and knows?

the deep of night

For our blues we have the azures and ceruleans, lapis lazulis, the light and dusty, the powder blues, the deeps: royal, sapphire, navy, and marine […]

Russell is a safe pair of hands in the deep.

― Ugh, why are these road markings so awfully arranged? ― Quit deeping it bro, just drive, innit.

No Picasso, I don't care about resistance (Deep dat).

I think I better leave it. I don't wanna beat it, this is not a Michael phase. Every time I deep it, man dem wan' eat it. Trying to recycle, babe.

I grew up so fucked but I didn't even deep it. I'm numb to the feelin' of grievin'.

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