hell on earth
Example Sentences
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Lorne Warburton had never heard of the hantavirus until three years ago when he was taken to hospital and put on life support, describing the sickness as "torture" and "hell on earth".
From BBC • May 7, 2026
"As far as the pain and bleeding went, it was amazing. But the menopausal symptoms, physically and emotionally, was hell on earth," she said.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2024
The parents of missing student Jack O'Sullivan say they are living in "hell on earth" without him.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024
Three decades after a national publication probed the city’s ills, we gathered a panel of Angelenos to ponder the age-old question: Is Los Angeles hell on earth?
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2024
Nothing in her experience—her difficult childhood, her previous work with injured patients—had prepared her for this kind of hell on earth.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
