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 | [email protected], 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Good intentions pave the road to hell, and all that jazz.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • In the big city, and with the help of the God of Poverty, the pair travels to the depths of hell to bring Karin’s mother back.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 22 June 2024
  • And if its something that happened in the last three weeks, well what the hell is that?
    — Pat Eaton-Robb, courant.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • To drive a hell of lot lo- -- excuse me -- a long way -- (laughter) -- to get to vote.
    — ABC News, 13 July 2021
  • Thao, who was slated for a pay increase in 2023, earned some praise from her peers for accepting the lowest possible wage bump after her critics had raised hell.
    — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
  • When Orlando inevitably finds itself with a cap crunch or with a roster deficiency, the front office will have to find creative ways to work itself out of salary hell.
    — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 16 June 2025

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