as in nightmares
a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness
the depression that has enshrouded her since the death of her husband is a Gehenna from which she may never be released
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The latter may scoff at the idea of a nostalgic horror movie, but anyone who's had the urge to peek through their fingers as nightmares unfold in front of them knows that fear can be both cathartic and illuminating.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025 -
The timing isn't ideal, as the Browns travel to London to face Brian Flores' Minnesota defense, whose complex, blitz-heavy schemes seem a thing of nightmares for rookie passers.—
Jacob Robinson,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Black people, especially in America, have been subjected to the horrors of history.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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In the show, Ed is inspired by a comic book about Koch titled The Bitch of Buchenwald, given to him by Adeline, suggesting that her sadistic treatment of Jews during the Holocaust led to Gein’s house of horrors in Wisconsin.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2025
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Former Jews deemed insufficiently converted faced the Spanish Inquisition’s tortures.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Falling support in Gaza Palestinian public pressure on Hamas has risen as the miseries of war have mounted.—
Mkhaimar Abusada,
The Conversation,
5 Oct. 2025
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But current virus variants continue to spread burning throats, fevers and other miseries.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Gehennas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Gehennas. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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