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Recent Examples of hellfire
Across all those years, though, the game itself has barely changed, becoming something of a familiar, comfortable blanket of hellfire for longtime players.
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Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
19 Feb. 2026
Mahon ran Channel 4 for eight years and is seen as a savvy political and commercial operator, who is sure-footed under scrutiny — all attributes that would serve her well in the hellfire moments that often come with running the BBC.
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Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
9 Jan. 2026
Instead of hellfire, Skate Story utilizes a vaporwave aesthetic to create an emotional journey throughout the Underworld.
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George Yang,
Forbes.com,
30 Dec. 2025
Bang does better with the grotesquerie of hellfire, where lowballing the tone can have a sharp, often comic edge.
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Claudia Roth Pierpont,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
19 Feb. 2026
Mahon ran Channel 4 for eight years and is seen as a savvy political and commercial operator, who is sure-footed under scrutiny — all attributes that would serve her well in the hellfire moments that often come with running the BBC.
—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
9 Jan. 2026
Instead of hellfire, Skate Story utilizes a vaporwave aesthetic to create an emotional journey throughout the Underworld.
—
George Yang,
Forbes.com,
30 Dec. 2025
Bang does better with the grotesquerie of hellfire, where lowballing the tone can have a sharp, often comic edge.
—
Claudia Roth Pierpont,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hellfire
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hellfire
Noun
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One of the most pit-dropping experiences is getting to your destination after a long-haul flight and not being able to use or charge any of your devices—something flight attendants can’t risk as people who consistently travel abroad.
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The spirit was fermented in earthen pits and distilled, a process that took a year across eight fermentations and seven distillations.
Noun
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While the Kings have plenty on the flank after the February addition of Artemi Panarin, Kuzmenko was a positive contributor when healthy and trusted last season, while their needs in the middle are less of a hole and more of an abyss.
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The drugs seem more like a trip into the abyss instead of a gateway to euphoria.
Noun
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Under cover of awkward teen dancing, the pair slipped into the library, riffled through the card catalog, and discovered, in addition to Soul on Ice, eight other volumes in PONY-U perdition.
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Sloth, after all, is a deadly sin, and it was often seen as the first step on the slippery slope to perdition.
Noun
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The counter-cultural elements of UFO folklore are starting to fade as the government embraces the mystery, but perhaps Vance’s beliefs will inject some old-fashioned fire and brimstone into the topic.
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Trump decided to preach fire and brimstone at the normally bipartisan and staid National Prayer Breakfast — rivaling his performance at Davos recently.
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Tuesday, the Warriors got a hell of a lot smarter, a hell of a lot tougher, and infinitely better.
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Peristere does his best to re-establish the series’ rhythms before all watery hell breaks loose.
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“Hellfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellfire. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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