How to Use underworld in a Sentence

underworld

noun

• Black and navy are the Romy and Michele of the underworld.
  — Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Sep. 2022
• First, there's Pluto, the god of the underworld, and then Mars, the god of war.
  — Allure, 18 Mar. 2022
• Then there is the Mafia and the Roman underworld side of the story.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 19 Oct. 2022
• It is bound up with witchcraft, the underworld, night-time and the far side of the Moon.
  — The Economist, 7 Nov. 2020
• By the late 1970s, the Guzmán clan had emerged as a rising force in the Sinaloa drug underworld.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
• Miller tries to avoid slipping back the underworld with the help of an old friend (Rhames).
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 19 May 2022
• On the rear wall of the chamber, Seti is welcomed by Osiris, god of the underworld.
  — National Geographic, 25 June 2020
• Greek myths spoke of the ferryman Charon who carried the souls of the dead across the river Styx to the underworld.
  — Dimitris Sideridis, CNN, 22 Nov. 2021
• This is when earthly bears return to their dens, and when the sap of trees returns to the warm womb of the underworld.
  — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 1 Nov. 2020
• She was allowed to leave the underworld but had to return for a third of the year, every year.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2021
• At the time, Portland had a thriving underworld, thanks to on-the-take cops and politicians.
  — oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2021
• And like the queen of the underworld, millipedes are ancient.
  — Haley Weiss, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2021
• She is summoned back on the Day of the Dead with a mission: to escort her husband, Diego Rivera, to the underworld.
  — Thomas May, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2022
• And gang members who try to leave the underworld are hunted down as traitors.
  — New York Times, 30 May 2021
• But, her mission won't come easy thanks to the Prince of Hell, Caliban, who is also out to get the top spot in the underworld.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 16 Jan. 2020
• Over 2,000 years ago, the Aztecs believed the spirits of their ancestors passed on to the underworld.
  — Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2021
• The series follows a warrior princess Maya, who is told by the gods of the underworld that her life is forfeit to the god of war.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 14 Sep. 2021
• She’s one of the three Furies, known as Alecto, who loyally serves Hades, the god of the underworld.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 June 2022
• It was believed this was a time when the veil was lifted between our world and the underworld to commune with the dead.
  — Jeff Suess, Cincinnati.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• The movie takes place in the gritty underworld of Ryme City, where humans and Pokémon live side-by-side.
  — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2024
• But the way Eggers shoots and scores this movie, Winslow might as well be crossing into the underworld.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2019
• The game even partly takes place in Heaven, unlike past games set in the underworld.
  — Shannon Liao, CNN, 21 Jan. 2020
• And the golden scarab beetle was thought to help in the arduous underworld.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Jan. 2023
• Miclantecuhtl, the god of the dead, and Mictecacihuatl, his wife and the goddess of death, rule the underworld of Mictlán.
  — USA Today, 30 Oct. 2019
• With the money, the greed, comes corruption, and there's a connection to the underworld there.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 25 June 2021
• This sign is ruled by both the warrior Mars, and Pluto, the lord of the underworld, which explains some of the intensity.
  — Emily Simone, Allure, 29 Dec. 2021
• Or rather, a portal to the underworld is found outside Chicago.
  — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2022
• The trailer gives us a glimpse into the Star Wars underworld, and a crime operation that Fett hopes to bend to his will.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
• Colin Farrell is so damn good as Oz Cobb, a mid-tier mobster in Gotham’s seedy underworld.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
• These communities say that dogs are the ones who accompany souls on their way to eternal rest, which is reached after traveling through the nine underworlds.
  — Paula Soria, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024