Citations:Mordor

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English citations of Mordor

Noun: "an area of peril, darkness, or evil, which people fear to visit or explore"

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  • 2002, Tom Walsh, "Business Freedom Is A Path To Peace", Detroit Free Press, 12 September 2002:
    This is a good thing, and another sign the world is moving inexorably toward a future of more peace, prosperity, capitalism and democracy, and not toward a Mordor of extremism and chaos.
  • 2005, Dan Feinberg, "A plea for help", CircuiTree, 1 April 2005:
    For three years in a row this fellowship has entered the "Mordor" of job creation and competitiveness: Sacramento.
  • 2007, Paul F. M. Zahl, Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (2007), →ISBN, page 94:
    It is a “Mordor” sort of anthropology, dark rather than light, swampland rather than solid ground.
  • 2007, B. Erin Wylde, Where Did I Go?, →ISBN, page 100:
    Nevertheless, this book is about the truth, the good and the bad, so I will tread into the forbidden territory, the Mordor of motherhood.
  • 2008, Morley Walker, "Radio 2's revamped ride leaves me a bit queasy", Winnipeg Free Press, 6 September 2008:
    If nothing else, you will want to please those of us in your home town who are proud to see another local boy grab for the gold ring in the Mordor of national broadcasting.
  • 2011, Bill Cope, "A timely message from your Rajah", Boise Weekly, 28 December 2011:
    Yet to those members who may be oozeful with dread over the spewings from the Mordor sector of American politics, I offer a quick bit of reassurance.
  • 2012, Zgymunt Milozewski, A Grain of Truth: A Second Case for State Prosecutor Teodor Szacki, Bitter Lemon Press (2012; original Polish book published 2011), →ISBN, page 290:
    “OK, can we go back now?” asked their guide and expert on the underground, whose restless eyes implied that he was on the edge of panic. “I for one am not venturing a step further into this Mordor.”