How to use "purgatory" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "purgatory" in popular movie and book plots

  • In this place the girl believes to be purgatory she meets the clown again, now heavily burned.  - This Is No Fairytale
  • The film unfolds in an endless loop through purgatory that plays out chronologically over the course of one never-ending day.  - Southbound (2015 film)
  • He believed it is a form of purgatory and that the spirit of your loved ones go there and are closest during your darkest moments.  - The Sea of Trees
  • Doomed follows Madison Spencer after she escapes from Hell, doomed to wander Earth in a state of purgatory for a year, haunting her parents.  - Doomed (novel)
  • Madeline gets on the train, but Ray decides to stay in purgatory to help other good people get to the train.  - Netherworld (Top Cow)
  • He has traveled too far and become lost in a purgatory realm called "The Further", a place inhabited by the tortured souls of the dead.  - Insidious (film)
  • Riverworld functions as a sort of purgatory for deceased human beings to get a second chance.  - Riverworld (2010 miniseries)
  • The question becomes, whether Suzie can lead him out of this purgatory or not.  - Tricheurs
  • Now Bill's in purgatory and he's caught the eye of one of the Elyahim, the female spirits who guide the souls of men through purgatory.  - Painkiller: Resurrection
  • Hell has attained control, transforming purgatory into a dark, seedy city.  - Gabriel (film)
  • Later on, Jackson and the other celebrities in purgatory are reunited and they are finally able to lift off.  - Dead Celebrities

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