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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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
Forty-six years after the Miracle on Ice and 30 years since the World Cup, there would be four more long years of wondering why the heck the Americans still can’t win the big one.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Still, these wannabe moshers did make a heck of an effort.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Mulier makes being a fashion victim seem like a heck of a good time.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
Forty-six years after the Miracle on Ice and 30 years since the World Cup, there would be four more long years of wondering why the heck the Americans still can’t win the big one.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Still, these wannabe moshers did make a heck of an effort.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Mulier makes being a fashion victim seem like a heck of a good time.
—Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Heck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heck. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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