All 38 Uses of
chasm
in
Divergent, by Veronica Roth
- "If you follow me," says Four, "I'll show you the chasm."†
p. 64.6chasm = a large gap or divide
- The chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy!†
p. 65.1
- If you can hang over the chasm for five minutes, I will forget your cowardice.†
p. 100.9
- I walk with her toward the railing that overlooks the chasm, glad to be close to her.†
p. 179.4
- I look toward the chasm.†
p. 180.7
- She isn't reacting the way some of the other transfers' parents are—her neck bent, looking around at the Pit walls, at the Pit ceiling, at the chasm.†
p. 184.1
- After they hung you over the chasm?†
p. 204.6
- I see Four standing by the chasm, a group of people around him.†
p. 247.7
- Drinking near the chasm.†
p. 248.6
- Do me a favor and stay away from the chasm, okay?†
p. 249.5
- I am on the Pit floor, next to the chasm, and the initiates stand around me, their arms folded and their faces blank.†
p. 252.2
- I'll delete the footage, but unless you want to wind up dead at the bottom of the chasm, you'll figure out how to hide it during the simulations!†
p. 255.9
- On the last day of simulations, they found his body in the chasm.†
p. 258.8
- We are near the chasm—we must be above it, given the volume of the sound.†
p. 278.4
- If we are above the chasm, I know what they intend to do to me.†
p. 278.5
- It is the metal railing, the one that overlooks the chasm.†
p. 278.9
- His pale face is contorted and his teeth are gritted, and he holds me over the chasm as spots appear on the edges of my vision, crowding around his face, green and pink and blue.†
p. 280.5
- I hear the sound of running water again, but this time it's from a faucet and not from the chasm.†
p. 282.2
- Peter, Drew, and Al were ready to throw me into the chasm out of jealousy—what is so unbelievable about the Dauntless leaders committing murder?†
p. 292.3
- ...I got tossed into the chasm.†
p. 293.5
- They creak under my feet, and I look down to see the Pit and the chasm below us.†
p. 295.7
- They found him in the middle of the chasm.†
p. 303.2
- As you know, we're here because Albert, an initiate, jumped into the chasm last night.†
p. 307.5
- The mutters stop too, leaving just the rush of water in the chasm.†
p. 307.6
- Everyone who now sees hurling themselves into the chasm as a viable option.†
p. 310.1
- I STAND WITH Will and Christina at the railing overlooking the chasm, late at night after most of the Dauntless have gone to sleep.†
p. 316.1
- I look down into the chasm, at the black water, at the jagged rocks.†
p. 316.9
- Throwing them into the chasm won't get rid of them forever, but it might make me feel better.†
p. 317.2
- But I don't want to argue again, so I just nod and throw the remaining sheets into the chasm.†
p. 319.1
- They will be filtered out at the chasm wall and discarded.†
p. 319.2
- I turn away from the chasm and see movement on the right side of the Pit.†
p. 319.4
- We walk along the edge of the Pit on a narrow path that leads to the rocks at the bottom of the chasm.†
p. 334.1
- We reach the end of the path and stand at the bottom of the chasm, where the rocks form unsteady ground, rising up at harsh angles from the rushing water.†
p. 334.5
- The roar of the chasm ensures that we won't be overheard.†
p. 335.1
- For a few minutes we kiss, deep in the chasm, with the roar of water all around us.†
p. 338.8
- I stand next to the chasm.†
p. 344.0
- I imagine my feet dangling over the chasm and bite my lip.
p. 361.3 *chasm = a deep drop-off into which someone could fall
- Drew, who tried to run away while Peter held me by the throat over the chasm, and Molly, who fed the Erudite lies about my father, are factionless.†
p. 414.5chasm = a large gap or divide
Definition:
a large and deep and steep-sided opening on the earth's surface; or (more rarely) any large gap
or:
a very large difference -- often of opinion
or:
a very large difference -- often of opinion