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
  • 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
  • For those who have endured it, the lottery curse is more akin to spending a few weeks of your life in celebrity hell.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • Then Larry gets dropped in, and all hell breaks loose.
    — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • The only thing that’s not authentic is Larry, then let that cause all hell to break loose.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 26 June 2026
  • Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat are about to go on a hell of a trip.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 26 June 2026
  • None of these tracks are very long and all of them sound like Dicker might have made them in a matter of hours—hell, maybe even a matter of minutes.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • As Morrow predicted, all hell broke loose.
    — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

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