hell-broth

Example Sentences

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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 Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

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

It was incredible that this hell-broth was Church Cove.

From The Altar Steps by MacKenzie, Compton

He pitched pell-mell into the hell-broth of his criticism any image that assaulted his fecund brain.

From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James

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)