How to Use hell in a Sentence

hell

noun
  • The pain has made her life a living hell.
  • Living with the disease can be a hell on earth.
  • She had to go through hell to get where she is today.
  • Getting the loan approved was pure hell.
  • He went through hell during his divorce.
  • And the C40 Recharge is cute as hell, the pick of the litter.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Even the Primettes [the group’s first name] is a hell of a name.
    Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2022
  • What the hell is the CEO doing with a gun in the first place?
    Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2022
  • What in the hell does a man Have to do To be loved by you?
    Heran Mamo, Billboard, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Of course, the last 24 months or so have been a hell of a two years.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The question is this: What the hell happened to graphene?
    WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Then the Lions lined up for the play and all hell broke loose.
    Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Aboard the Pequod, and into the depths of Dante’s hell.
    Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Marlon Mack has been through hell the past year and a half.
    Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Why the hell not? Go ahead and wear that dishrag on your head and rock out to Queen.
    Allison Hope; Illustration By Leanza Abucayan, CNN, 31 Jan. 2021
  • So, what the hell is going on in Moon Knight right now?
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The baller was a gas to watch, and his plaid green outfit was cute as hell.
    Lynette Rice, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2021
  • All hell then broke loose on the ice, and the benches emptied.
    Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2022
  • Natasha takes Pieper aside and asks her what the hell is going on.
    Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Until, as Levesque put it at the time, hell froze over.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2024
  • While the other team has Amari Cooper and who the hell else?
    Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 25 Mar. 2022
  • CeeDee Lamb was hell of a player who can make a lot of plays.
    Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Montgomery knows firsthand the Browns got a hell of a catch.
    Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2021
  • The book is gassy and pompous and just fraudulent and dumb as hell.
    Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 15 July 2022
  • SoftBank has gone from hell to heaven in the span of a year, thanks to the tech stock boom.
    Jacky Wong, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2020
  • What the hell is a snake bowl, and where was Slim Jim even going to get one in the first place?
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Jan. 2021
  • That will give the people over in the administration the green light to unleash more hell upon our state.
    Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • But the bones of this deal from hell have survived one challenge after another.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The Dolphins are in such cap hell that Chubb might need to take another pay cut to stick around.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
  • They were doomed to perish in the fires of hell.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026

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