Hell Gate

noun

1. a narrow channel in the East River, in New York City.

Example Sentences

Providentially there was a shredding of the fog at Hell Gate, a shore-breeze flicking the mists off the surface of the water.

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The daily papers frequently have articles respecting the "Hell Gate Obstructions."

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Everlasting storms howl up and down, tossing the unwary crafts into the Hell-gate.

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The idea of the Porter's speech, in which he imagines himself the keeper of hell-gate, shows the same irony.

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A friend of mine suggests that it would be a great hit to introduce, or rather to reproduce, the Hell Gate explosion.

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