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 Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom)

So I looked out for some quiet retired place, where I might be out of reach of my friends, and have leisure to cook up some delectable dish of poetical "hell-broth."

From Tales of a Traveller by Irving, Washington

In Ireland itself, moreover, the hell-broth of agitation is kept constantly seething to the inevitable detriment of recuperative effort, which cannot do its full work without security for the future.

From Irish History and the Irish Question by Smith, Goldwin

"I would swallow the stuff were it Locusta's hell-broth, for your sake."

From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

And yet, blissfully ignorant of the hell-broth a-brew, I worried not a whit—didn't even begin to edge away from mid-channel for a while, in fact.

From Down the Yellowstone by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)