Golgotha

Example Sentences

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About 70% of Southern California’s cattle died, and so many of their skulls dotted the landscape for years afterward that an observer described it as a “veritable Golgotha.”

From Los Angeles Times

The only paranormal western on the list, “The Six-Gun Tarot” is set in the God-forsaken town of Golgotha, where something nasty is stirring in the depths of the old silver mine.

From New York Times

The totality speaks of anguish and alarm, conjuring Golgotha.

From New York Times

In summoning an image of Golgotha, the Jerusalem hillside where Christ was crucified, and in decrying the prospect of war with Mexico, Sumner offered a vivid celebration of the concept of justice.

From Los Angeles Times

Sister Gabriel told me it was the wrists and ankles, because the nails would have torn through his hands and feet, sending his skin-and-bones human form spilling to the dirt atop Golgotha.

From Salon