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

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

From New York Times • May 21, 2023

Instead, it seemed content to inhabit a netherworld in between.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2022

Her lips widened into a skeletal smile as she said to me, "You, Sikander, have broken the most sacred law of Kurnugi. The living are not permitted in the netherworld."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda