netherworld

Example Sentences

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First, the Coens submerge us headfirst into the cold netherworld of a Minnesota winter, where criminals hope that a dusting of fresh, frosty powder will cover their tracks.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

In that legal netherworld, women weren’t just plaintiffs.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

By a certain point we seem to have wandered, alongside Sol, into a strange netherworld between life and death.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024

They spent a cold night in an immigration netherworld, of sorts, trapped between two border fences.

From New York Times • May 21, 2023

"Mother has friends around the globe. One of them will know the routes into the netherworld."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda