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/ɡəˈmɔɹə/
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NOUN
- (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants
How To Use Gomorrah In A Sentence
- Archeologists & geologists now believe the ancient burgs of Sodom & Gomorrah were destroyed by earthquake-induced fires - and not, as science has long held, by the wrath of an angry god.
- So the Lord said a great outcry over Sodom and Gomorrah ; their sin is very grave.
- The documentary intensity of Gomorrah is a tabloid scandal. Times, Sunday Times
- God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah over it, where you got the term "sodomized" from. Jaimewolf Diary Entry
- The assertion is often made that the story of Sodom and Gomorrah is primarily about homosexuality (as opposed to gang rape or inhospitality which is what the story actually refers to). Undefined
- MAIER: You know, the culture has slidden towards Gomorrah. CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2007
- Fortunately he would find not a latter-day Sodom or Gomorrah just a delightful little village nestling at the southern edge of the moors.
- Deuteronomy 29: 23 briefly recalls the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah with brimstone and burning salt.
- I passed the Magaluf exit on Majorca quite recently, and was assured by my twentysomething driver that it is a package resort for young British and Scandinavian tourists which makes Sodom and Gomorrah look like Torbay. Miniskirt ban: a small, incompetent step backwards
- The village had a reputation as a latter-day Sodom and Gomorrah.