netherworld

Example Sentences

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First, the Coens submerge us headfirst into the cold netherworld of a Minnesota winter, where criminals hope that a dusting of fresh, frosty powder will cover their tracks.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

In that legal netherworld, women weren’t just plaintiffs.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

By a certain point we seem to have wandered, alongside Sol, into a strange netherworld between life and death.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024

They spent a cold night in an immigration netherworld, of sorts, trapped between two border fences.

From New York Times • May 21, 2023

Deep in them we can hear subterranean rivers rushing off through the netherworld, and our voices echo and reecho through the halls.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George