How to Use the underworld in a Sentence

the underworld

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• Black and navy are the Romy and Michele of the underworld.
  — Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Sep. 2022
• This is the multi-headed dog that guards the the gates of the underworld.
  — Mark Sovel, USA TODAY, 22 July 2023
• Osiris is the Egyptian god of the underworld and Ra is the Egyptian sun god.
  — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
• Harris dressed as Hades the god of the underworld, complete with a horned crown.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
• Some still have coins in their mouths, thought to help secure a safe journey to the underworld.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2023
• But this tale isn’t an account of some distressed damsel who gets swept up in the underworld.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024
• The myth of Persephone, who every year returns from the underworld, was used to explain the change of the seasons.
  — Elinda Labropoulou, CNN, 20 Apr. 2023
• Even discussing the events chronicled here is still a huge taboo in the underworld.
  — Jake Adelstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
• The film tells a tale of a demon slayer who comes to the rescue of a young girl trapped in the underworld — and who then takes the kid on as an apprentice.
  — Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023
• The very next day, Fisher heads into the underworld for his first visit.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2023
• According to Greek myth, Cerberus is the three-headed hound that guards the entrance to the underworld.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024
• Within the underworld, there’s people that have been in there longer than others.
  — Leah Dolan, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
• Gary has descended into the underworld in pursuit of Prince Hat, found him, and brought him home again.
  — Kristen Roupenian, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• The ancient Maya saw caves as openings to the underworld and often left artifacts in them.
  — Maria Abi-Habib Alejandro Cegarra, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2022
• Torrio introduced Capone to Frankie Yale—and his first real taste of the underworld.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
• Tanna plays the lead role of Jagruti Pathak, a scoop-hunting journalist who is caught in the nexus of the police, the underworld and the media.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Oct. 2023
• Not many players in the recent history of college football have gone to the underworld and come back alive.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
• In the underworld of Nibelheim, Erda is strapped to the tree as a hydraulic apparatus pumps out the gold.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
• The ancient Zapotecs believed the subterranean site to be an entrance to the underworld.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023
• Harris sourced inspiration from the underworld as Hades, while his husband pulled from the deep blue and dressed as Poseidon, the god of the sea.
  — Lydia Price, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
• These natural sinkholes, known as cenotes, are sacred spots in the Mayan world, believed to be entrances to the underworld.
  — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2024
• Yes, like the multi-headed dog protecting the gates of the underworld in Greek mythology.
  — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 9 May 2024
• The giant glyphs may depict spirits of the underworld and have been dated to the first millennium AD.
  — CNN, 4 May 2022
• In order to save the world’s harvests, Zeus convinced Hades to allow Persephone to return to her mother for most of the year and return to the underworld in the winter.
  — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
• With apologies to Edmonds, the effect is more secret-wellness Eden than the underworld.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Robb Report, 21 May 2024
• Paul would be some form of Sisyphus pushing the boulder up a hill in the underworld, and perhaps Danny is the reason why the boulder keeps coming down.
  — Max Gao, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Apr. 2023
• The new series returns to Malaya, now a former governor convicted of past crimes who has vowed to turn his back on the underworld.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023
• John Hsu To avoid getting kicked out of the underworld, a ghost joins a small haunting talent agency and sets out to become the scariest urban legend of them all.
  — Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024
• With Love as his guide, Orpheus journeys into the underworld to save his wife, Eurydice.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2022
• Persephone In Greek mythology, Persephone is torn between the underworld and the mortal world.
  — Anna Moeslein, Parents, 22 July 2024

Last Updated: 5 Dec 2024