1
: hell sense 2
all heck breaks loose
2
: hell sense 4
a heck of a lot of money
Examples of heck in a Sentence
it looks like heck in that boy's bedroom
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So Boston College got a heck of a coach, UConn lost a key contributor to its recent championships.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
First, from where in the heck did all the attorney billboard signs spring forth?
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
If that comes to fruition, the league is in for one heck of a series.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
But both systems rank all five teams in the East within seven games of each other, so really, not even the computers know what the heck is going on.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
First, from where in the heck did all the attorney billboard signs spring forth?
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
If that comes to fruition, the league is in for one heck of a series.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
But both systems rank all five teams in the East within seven games of each other, so really, not even the computers know what the heck is going on.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Heck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heck. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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