bear pit

And the expression of a person looking into a bear pit.

He took the time to look at the bear pit - there was just something interesting about bears.

Despite this, the keeping of bears in what still remained a bear pit led to many complaints.

The stage and galleries are covered, but the "bear pit" is open to the skies.

The first exhibits were a bear pit and a duck pond on the east side of the Valley.

Stripped and shaved, they were left in the middle ward beside the bear pit, free for the use of any man who wanted them.

She points to one of the new staging areas: "This is the bear pit, where we're throwing the losers, right?"

Expansion of the zoo started in 1921 when the Bear Pits were built.

Salt licks and bear pits are witness to hunting in the region.

A bear pit exhibits a pair and two cubs of Asian black bears.

Rand usually knew how to deal with women, but he had jumped into a bear pit letting that pair come together.

His suicide attempt has failed, this time because the bear pit is being renovated, and the bears have been moved.

Other notable structures are the main gateway, the south entrance lodge and a bear pit.

The bear pit still survives and can be seen on Cardigan Road.

They had her in the bear pit.

In addition to a mansion, a big barn and a tall brick water tower, it had a bear pit.

Next to the south entrance to the park is the Bärenzwinger (bear pit).

The cast were made to be used as forms for the bear pits at the zoo in St. Louis.

Organizations were bear pits where people fought for their own projects, which might or might not have something to do with the organization's supposed mission.

A 1927 addition to the dining room has since become home to the Bear Pit Lounge.

A half century passed after this improvement without any further innovations except the restoration of the bear pit and some technical corrections.

A bear pit was historically used to display bears, typically for entertainment and especially bear-baiting.

The Atelier is half wooden drum, half bear pit.

How was a bodyguard supposed to do his job when his charge insisted on jumping into bear pits, so to speak?

A bear pit also refers to a type of trap used to deter or trap bears.