netherworld

Example Sentences

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Rather, he’s using a shoestring budget to concoct left-of-center sights that feel like a peek into a specific Los Angeles netherworld.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

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

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

It’s the dreaded no man’s land, the netherworld between borderline contention and full capitulation.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2023

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

From New York Times • May 21, 2023

I open my eyes and find that I'm not, in fact, lying on a fair netherworld plain.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir