nether world
noun
the infernal regions; hell.
netherworld
-
a variation of
nether world.
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
How delightfully morbid to give the netherworld a Spielbergian gloss.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Instead, it seemed content to inhabit a netherworld in between.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2022
And now that Lyra had the taste for exploring it, she abandoned her usual haunt, the irregular alps of the College roofs, and plunged with Roger into this netherworld.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
