hell-broth

Example Sentences

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Here, aglow from underneath, were dark red clouds, such as might drift from dark jars of sacrificial blood; there the vapour was dark indigo gray, like the long hair of witches steeped in the hell-broth.

From Manalive by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

I have not yet stirred up the hell-broth of personal vices, nor do I intend to do so.

From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Luther, Martin

The Allies are not prepared to intervene in force; they cannot leave Russia to stew in Her own hell-broth.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 19, 1919 by Various

She makes hell-broth of galls and toadstools and caterpillars.

From The MS. in a Red Box by Hamilton, John Arthur

My faith in Shakspeare is so unbounded, that I verily believe the hell-broth of Macbeth’s witches would, if properly mixed, engender a real armed head and bloody child.

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)