hellfire

Example Sentences

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Perhaps that heat he feels is not the warmth of success, but the hellfire of the demon’s fury.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2025

And then he brought apocalyptic hellfire, scoring 31 points in the first half.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025

The ancients thought Earth’s center was hollow: the home of Hades or hellfire, or a realm of tunnels that heated ocean waters.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 30, 2022

“That’s why he doesn’t do interviews. He is genuinely trying to save his soul from the hellfire, and he doesn’t want to benefit at all from what he did. He’s ashamed of what he did.”

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2021

When I woke, the city of New York was consumed with burning hellfire.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson