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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