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

By a certain point we seem to have wandered, alongside Sol, into a strange netherworld between life and death.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2023

In the subway, we imagined we were delving into the netherworld to fight monsters and to commune with the spirits of our ancestors.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda