hellhound

Example Sentences

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Cerberus, the guard of the underworld, is featured with Hercules, a reference to the heroic demigod’s 12th and final labor which involved capturing the hellhound.

From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2023

Temperatures on the continent soared past 40C, with forecasters calling on Greek Mythology to coin one heatwave Cerberus, a three-headed hellhound that guards the gates of the underworld.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2023

Beneath it, one sharp-fanged, evil-looking hellhound opens its jaws.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2020

I knew that what I did as a 16-year-old in Virginia would forever be a hellhound on my trail, but I hoped that I had outpaced my scapegrace.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2018

Normally, a pouncing hellhound is a terrifying sight, but next to the drakon, Mrs. O’Leary looked like a child’s night-night dolL Her claws raked harmlessly off the drakoris scales.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan