to high heaven
idiom
informal
: very much, very badly, etc.
The kids were laughing and screaming to high heaven.
This whole situation stinks to high heaven.
Examples of to high heaven in a Sentence
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Despite impressive demos and promises to high heaven, the current reality is more modest.
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Jackie Snow, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2025
This one stinks to high heaven for sneaking anger, self-pity, and jealousy under the guise of being a pseudo-compliment.
—John Bowe, Contributor, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
Besides a skunk by any other name would still stink to high heaven.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
No doubt Trump’s fans, sucking up the distortions fed to the faithful, will whine to high heaven about how their hero was railroaded.
—Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 13 June 2024
Fearless fashion ambassador Hunter Schafer has already wriggled into the striking, sculptural pannier dresses and Kendall Jenner arrived cinched to high heaven at the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2024
Beloved by celebrity stylists and anointed by It girls, the fashion designer’s eponymous label produces unmistakable garments—corseted, dripping with jewels, snatched to high heaven—that have also become, as of the last year, inescapable.
—Jake Smith, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2023
This stinks to high heaven and is retaliatory and vindictive.
—Jolie Lash, ABC News, 22 June 2023
Only with this horror realized does the lighter finally burst into flame, and the capitol blows to high heaven as Joel and Ellie make their escape.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 23 Jan. 2023
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Jackie Snow, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2025
This one stinks to high heaven for sneaking anger, self-pity, and jealousy under the guise of being a pseudo-compliment.
—John Bowe, Contributor, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
Besides a skunk by any other name would still stink to high heaven.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
No doubt Trump’s fans, sucking up the distortions fed to the faithful, will whine to high heaven about how their hero was railroaded.
—Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 13 June 2024
Fearless fashion ambassador Hunter Schafer has already wriggled into the striking, sculptural pannier dresses and Kendall Jenner arrived cinched to high heaven at the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2024
Beloved by celebrity stylists and anointed by It girls, the fashion designer’s eponymous label produces unmistakable garments—corseted, dripping with jewels, snatched to high heaven—that have also become, as of the last year, inescapable.
—Jake Smith, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2023
This stinks to high heaven and is retaliatory and vindictive.
—Jolie Lash, ABC News, 22 June 2023
Only with this horror realized does the lighter finally burst into flame, and the capitol blows to high heaven as Joel and Ellie make their escape.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 23 Jan. 2023
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“To high heaven.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20high%20heaven. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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