purgatory

Example Sentences

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Denmark needed one goal to guarantee automatic qualification and send Scotland to the purgatory of the play-offs - and they were pummelling Belarus in pursuit of it.

From BBC

Since 2008, the government has taken no conclusive action, leaving shareholders in purgatory.

From Barron's

Big picture: The job market is stuck in a purgatory of sorts — it’s not getting any better, but it’s also not getting worse.

From MarketWatch

Alonso's career, meanwhile, became a kind of living purgatory.

From BBC

The team that spent its first four decades of existence as a punch line and a purgatory has now had 14 consecutive winning seasons with a succession of basketball greats wearing its uniform.

From Los Angeles Times