hellfire

Example Sentences

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Perhaps that heat he feels is not the warmth of success, but the hellfire of the demon’s fury.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2025

And then he brought apocalyptic hellfire, scoring 31 points in the first half.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025

The ancients thought Earth’s center was hollow: the home of Hades or hellfire, or a realm of tunnels that heated ocean waters.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 30, 2022

“She really in her work has gone through hellfire and has come out the other side — which means, as I say, she’s not to be underestimated,” Ms. Reade said.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2021

She’d already finished most of the dragon’s mouth—its lips snarled back to reveal huge razor teeth around an explosion of hellfire.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older