perdition

Example Sentences

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If so, which people are allowed in and which are banished to perdition, if not sentenced to be annihilated?

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2023

It’s Torquemada, he’s been told, Who’s here to damn him to perdition.

From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2022

Created by John Griffin, “From” is another show about perdition, in every sense, a slow-burn horror story about trapped strangers with shadowy histories and motives.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2022

But that’s really just another way of saying the company is still losing millions buying movie tickets, with no obvious path out of financial perdition.

From Slate • May 8, 2018

I was condemned to eternal perdition if I was going to be able to call my own sister ‘Miss Tansy.’

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck