underworld
Example Sentences
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Capp notes, "Even in London's seedy underworld, a hat felt essential."
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
Meanwhile, Ashley and Austin's idealism and belief in true love is shaken as they find themselves getting deeper and deeper into a murky underworld involving the club's new millionaire owner, Chairwoman Park.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
The animated movie about a Korean girl group battling invaders from the underworld was a surprise hit last year, becoming the most watched original film on Netflix.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
The country has a sprawling underworld of clandestine artisanal miners.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
And so, like an underworld courier delivering a bag of ill-gotten cash, the modern traveler must steal out of Athens in the dark, and slip into Alexandria when nobody is watching.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
Vocabulary lists containing underworld
Reading: Literature - Mythology - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Mythology - Middle School
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Ancient Greece: Mythology and Literature - Middle School
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