How to Use hell in a Sentence

hell

noun
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  • 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.
  • The question is this: What the hell happened to graphene?
    — WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The fact is, the words my father had muttered about me did hurt like hell.
    — Stephen A. Smith, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The past eight months have been hell for Dusty Giles and her family.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 19 Aug. 2022
  • But Flatt’s fear in the weeks and months that followed was not about heaven or hell.
    — Sarah Viren, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Sure, if the stars align and hell freezes over, the Pacers could make the NBA playoffs this season.
    — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Drink two full standard drinks, though, and there’ll be hell to pay in the morning.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 18 Aug. 2022
  • More heaven than hell, but he’s been there for me during the crunchy bits.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Things went to hell, and then everyone got along again.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
  • What drives them to risk their lives and go through total hell to try and reach Europe?
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
  • This is Cameron Crowe, who’s also a guy who knows a hell of a lot about music, right?
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2022
  • So, the next time someone gives you hell for rocking socks and sandals?
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Ralph Fiennes' chef serves up a night from hell in the dark comedy.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2022
  • For France, this is one hell of a change, and cryingly needed.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Oct. 2022
  • This isn’t just Hozier singing about making it through hell.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2023
  • A lot of that music was rebellious, raising hell against the war on cannabis.
    — Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Nick and Griffin take over while Meredith runs like hell to see if her kids are okay.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2022
  • There’s a special hell that is a ripe pimple cropping up in or around your nose.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Friends that pretend to save the world together also roast the hell out of each other.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 15 Nov. 2022
  • As one scientist told me, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
    — Soumya Karlamangla, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • For 48 years, one month and 18 days, Glynn Simmons was trapped in an undeserved hell.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
  • If the rest of the country — hell, the rest of the world — is going to make Florida the punchline, then those who call it home might as well be in on the joke.
    — Patricia Mazzei Jason Andrew, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Which brings me to the next lesson: For New Yorkers, hell is other people.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 24 June 2023
  • He has, of course, been tortured, in the usual, unspeakable hell.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Nov. 2022
  • How, one day, you’re supposed to let your kids go into the arms of another, and how that idea hurts like hell.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2022
  • To show restraint is a hell of a thing, especially for us.
    — David Beard, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2022

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