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...