Examples of “cesspool” in a Sentence

noun An underground pit that collects and holds sewage or wastewater.

• The old farmhouse still relied on a cesspool instead of a modern septic system.
• Engineers were called in to empty the overflowing cesspool.

noun Figuratively, a place or situation that is extremely dirty, corrupt, or unpleasant.

• Critics called the comment section a cesspool of insults.
• The company's finances had turned into a cesspool of hidden debt.