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: a place or state of misery
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Examples of Gehenna in a Sentence
the depression that has enshrouded her since the death of her husband is a Gehenna from which she may never be released
in a fire-and-brimstone sermon, the evangelist warned those assembled that they faced the fires of Gehenna if they failed to repent
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In Memoriam looks at these vampires and how they’ve been thrust into the limelight due to the Gehenna War.
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Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
The ball arcs toward Gehenna, and Kemp’s hyper narrator Naruto-runs off the page, trying kawaiily to get under it.
—Alexandra Tanner, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
The ball arcs toward Gehenna, and Kemp’s hyper narrator Naruto-runs off the page, trying kawaiily to get under it.
—Alexandra Tanner, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Gehenna.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Gehenna. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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