stygian
Example Sentences
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The protagonist, Nephthys Kinwell, is, in one light, an alcoholic taxi driver, and, in another, a Stygian ferrywoman haunted by the violent death of her twin brother, Osiris.
From New York Times
Here it has evolved a remarkable form of protection against the crushing, grim conditions found at these Stygian depths.
From The Guardian
In a letter to her family, she said, ”I never saw anything so Stygian.”
From New York Times
Though it was there, in that Stygian apartment, that she bottomed out, Michigan was not where her problems began.
From New York Times
Rivalry comes from “rivalis,” Latin for river — a reminder that rivals wouldn’t be rivals if they didn’t draw from the same Stygian source.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
