in hell

idiom

informal + impolite
used to make a statement or question more forceful
There is no way in hell I'm going!
We don't have a hope in hell of getting out of this mess.
What in hell is wrong now?

Examples of in hell in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Yet, there is a special place in hell for the US administration—the only power that could unilaterally halt the genocide—which has instead ramped up its decades-long policy of aiding and abetting. Hazlitt, 6 Mar. 2024 The coldhearted doc resurrects Kirsty's stepmother, Julia (Clare Higgins), who has been stuck in hell alongside Pinhead (Bradley) and the Cenobites since the end of the first film. Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2023 But in the long view, nothing will grow the sport bigger or better than hockey gaining and expanding a broad, passionate base in the South and other areas where once this great sport stood a snowball’s chance in hell. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024 There’s a special place in hell for girls who ditch their friends when a handsome, cleft-chin man comes along, and thankfully Swift seems to be extremely skilled at avoiding it. Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2024 There are going to be more interesting characters in hell than in heaven. Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023 May all of their souls rot in hell when their time comes. Colleen Slevin and Matthew Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Dec. 2023 Well, Doja must have vacationed in hell, what with all the Lucifer-ish lyrics taking flight on her newest album, Scarlet. Zoe Guy, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2023 For many of these conservatives, the ultimate decision to host the Sisters earned the Dodgers a special place in hell. Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023

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“In hell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20hell. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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