hell-broth
Example Sentences
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The Allies were not prepared to intervene in force, and they could not leave Russia to stew in her own hell-broth.
From Mr. Punch's History of the Great War by Charles L. (Charles Larcom) Graves
The dog, who still sat watching the hell-broth brewing, saw him hurrying past the door, but he thought to himself, "When I have had something to eat, I will soon catch froggy up."
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Sir James George Frazer
Now there is only one man more—and after that, one more tub to be lowered—and the hell-broth is cooked once again, and will come streaming forth.
From Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Wiley did not guess it–he knew it–Virginia Huff was the witch who had mixed the hell-broth that had raised up all this treachery against him.
From Shadow Mountain by Dane Coolidge
Besides, I may come back immegitly, for them mine-owners are cooking a hell-broth for us all.
From Money Magic A Novel by Hamlin Garland
