How to Use the hell in a Sentence
the hell
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Find the book again—what the hell? Time for a road trip!
—Katie Barsotti, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
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And if a horror flick isn’t scary, what the hell is the point?
—Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
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And if a horror flick isn’t scary, what the hell is the point?
—Longreads, 27 Sep. 2024
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The Knicks got Karl-Anthony Towns the ball and got the hell out of the way.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
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Word The Bucks have a bunch of shooting guards who can shoot the hell out of the ball.
—Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
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And if so, where and when the hell is that taking place?
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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Now, as the world melted, Ricks told him to get the hell out of there.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
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Who knows what the hell this guy might turn into for the Jays.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
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Ryan… who the hell knows what’s going on with that kid.
—Alex Raiman, EW.com, 18 July 2024
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And that is a mystery there – what the hell happened to her?
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Nov. 2024
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And the guy looked at me like, ‘What the hell is happening here?
—Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 20 Oct. 2024
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So, what the hell are the Avengers going to do against a thousand Kangs?
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2023
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As did Mike Barney, who produced the hell out of the song.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2025
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What the hell is happening to the rule of law in this country?
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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For those of you wondering, Wait, what the hell is a ghost poop?
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 3 Oct. 2024
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And people get upset and start yelling, what the hell is this crap?
—Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
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Whoever came up with it shocked the hell out of me, that’s for sure.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
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Iris does some wild stuff to win her man back, but Gordon sells the hell out of it.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2025
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For Gretchen, the hell of not knowing where her son is has ended.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2023
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This has got to be parents knowing where the hell your kids are at.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 31 May 2025
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But why the hell would Belichick want to work for Fredo Spanos?
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2023
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For years, fans have wondered just how the hell the HBO show would tell this story.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2025
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And then […] oh my god, what the hell did that just blossom into?
—Jordan A. Rothacker, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
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To Napster the hell out of it, to ride roughshod and disrupt for the sake of disruption.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 11 July 2024
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My advice is to stay the hell out of the press.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
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My advice is to stay the hell out of the press.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
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All this within a year unless KC wakes the hell up.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026
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Please tell me where the hell there would be a cluster of people hanging out at the beach in 20-degree weather?
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
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Anyone who reads your Twitter account as a follower — what the hell is that?
—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
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What the hell is happening to my life?
—Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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