quicksand
(noun)
noun
1. a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy
Definition categories: state, situation
2. a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
Definition categories: object, cavity, pit
Sentences with quicksand as a noun:
- My feet were firmly lodged in the quicksand, and the more I struggled the more I sank into it.
- The quicksands of youth...