Sodom

[ sod-uh m ]

/ ˈsɒd əm /

an ancient city destroyed, with Gomorrah, because of its wickedness. Gen. 18–19.

any very sinful, corrupt, vice-ridden place.

Example sentences from the Web for sodom

I like to think of Shooters as Sodom and Gomorrah, reimagined for the modern world.

Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating |Ellie Schaack |January 1, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Despite provoking some fire-and-brimstone responses, I didn't plan to look back at Sodom.

Avoiding Sodom: It's About Policy, Not Charity |Gershom Gorenberg |September 10, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Not to put too fine a point on it, but in Sodom there would have been no problem passing the Ryan budget plan.

Republicans and the 'Quality of Sodom' |Gershom Gorenberg |July 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
This is meant as hyperbole; the point is that "what's mine is mine" was public policy in Sodom.

Republicans and the 'Quality of Sodom' |Gershom Gorenberg |July 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

In Sodom, the mob comes to get the strangers and the bleeding-heart liberal who tried to put a roof over their head.

Republicans and the 'Quality of Sodom' |Gershom Gorenberg |July 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
And there came five kings from the East and made war against the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Heroes of Israel |Theodore Gerald Soares
Whatever the king may have been, the princes were no better than "rulers of Sodom," and the people were "people of Gomorrha."

The Expositor's Bible |F. W. Farrar
Now there dwelt in Sodom a man of foreign race and great wealth, Lot, the nephew of Abraham.

Chaldea |Znade A. Ragozin
Sodom was a town completely given over to pleasure of the physical and outward sorts.

I, Mary MacLane |Mary MacLane
Abraham's conduct toward the King of Sodom is an instance of generosity.

The Moral Instruction of Children |Felix Adler

Sodom

/ (ˈsɒdəm) /

Old Testament a city destroyed by God for its wickedness that, with Gomorrah, traditionally typifies depravity (Genesis 19:24)

this city as representing homosexuality

any place notorious for depravity