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
The delay, and the process in general, has been "hell on earth", she says, leaving her "broken".
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025
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
I trembled with fear as we passed through those gates of hell on earth.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
