hellhound
Example Sentences
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Cerberus, the guard of the underworld, is featured with Hercules, a reference to the heroic demigod’s 12th and final labor which involved capturing the hellhound.
From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2023
Temperatures on the continent soared past 40C, with forecasters calling on Greek Mythology to coin one heatwave Cerberus, a three-headed hellhound that guards the gates of the underworld.
From BBC • Sep. 1, 2023
Beneath it, one sharp-fanged, evil-looking hellhound opens its jaws.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2020
With its large-thighed satyr named Torgo and its oddly chipper-looking hellhound, this 1966 howler has long been a favorite of the cinematic cutups of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” and other devotees of bad movies.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2015
A hellhound leaped at me, but Tyson slammed it aside with a fire extinguisher.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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