hellfire

Example Sentences

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He, like anyone else here, knew firsthand about the hellfire that raised them in north Omaha.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2023

Lisa Bryn Rundle, host of the CBC podcast "Uncover: Satanic Panic," calls that book "Michelle Remembers," a now discredited memoir: "the spark that set off the hellfire."

From Salon • May 29, 2022

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

When I woke, the city of New York was consumed with burning hellfire.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson