hell-broth
Example Sentences
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Wiley did not guess it–he knew it–Virginia Huff was the witch who had mixed the hell-broth that had raised up all this treachery against him.
From Shadow Mountain by Coolidge, Dane
It was incredible that this hell-broth was Church Cove.
From The Altar Steps by MacKenzie, Compton
The Allies were not prepared to intervene in force, and they could not leave Russia to stew in her own hell-broth.
From Mr. Punch's History of the Great War by Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom)
In Ireland itself, moreover, the hell-broth of agitation is kept constantly seething to the inevitable detriment of recuperative effort, which cannot do its full work without security for the future.
From Irish History and the Irish Question by Smith, Goldwin
"I would swallow the stuff were it Locusta's hell-broth, for your sake."
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
