Antonyms for pearly gates


Grammar : Noun


Definition of pearly gates

  • As in paradise : noun land, feeling of great pleasure; absence of evil
  • As in heaven : noun place where god lives; wonderful feeling
Example sentences :
  • Days like this I feel as if I was right inside the pearly gates.
  • Extract from : « Country Neighbors » by Alice Brown
  • And Mary lyin' there as if she saw the pearly gates openin' before her eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Faith Healer » by William Vaughn Moody
  • The pearly gates opened wide, I have no doubt, to receive him.
  • Extract from : « James Gilmour of Mongolia » by James Gilmour
  • Just then the pearly gates swung to, and I could see them no more.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of Mrs. Rebecca Steward » by T. G. Steward
  • God must have sent him on this wild ride to reach the pearly gates before his time.
  • Extract from : « Edith and John » by Franklin S. Farquhar
  • Shall we repine at leaving the beauties of earth, when the pearly gates of Paradise are opening before our very eyes?
  • Extract from : « The Lord of Dynevor » by Evelyn Everett-Green
  • I was counting the jewels in the Pearly Gates when your task force came along.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Warship » by Robert Moore Williams
  • It threw wide open the pearly gates of a new and fairer life.
  • Extract from : « Camilla: A Tale of a Violin » by Charles Barnard
  • How closely he will listen for any squeaking of the Pearly Gates, with a nostrum ready for their dry complaint!
  • Extract from : « Journeys to Bagdad » by Charles S. Brooks
  • It is as if the pearly gates had been opened for a brief interval to let the earth hear the “quiring of the young-eyed cherubims.”
  • Extract from : « Some Spring Days in Iowa » by Frederick John Lazell

Synonyms for pearly gates

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