As if the earth had opened and swallowed them.

When they reached a certain spot these men appeared to be annihilated, one after the other, as if the earth had opened under their feet.

Or what if the earth should open and swallow him, so that he goes down to hell, whither you cannot follow?

It was as if the very earth under them had opened.

It was just a one eye that the dull black wintry earth had opened to look at the sky with.

It is almost as if the earth had opened and swallowed him.

It was as if the earth had opened and swallowed him up.

Suddenly it appeared as if the earth underneath the complex opened and swallowed the entire site.

He escaped just before the earth opened and swallowed his car.

And then, just as an uneasy calmness began to settle over everyone, the earth opened.