hellish

Example Sentences

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Many youth—not just those who have had the grave misfortune of being arrested and stuck in hellish immigration detention centers—are intently watching these interactions and wondering what’s next for them.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

So this time around, after a hellish year for myself, and frankly, the entire country, I decided Vitamin D was a requirement: I needed to go somewhere warm.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

Those who survived the hellish conditions within these forts were then forced onto ships bound for the Americas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

I’ve been doing daily art journalism for 45 years — 36 of them at The Times, with 2,195 bylines — so I’m about to find out whether this quitting will also be hellish.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

My ideas would be like demons rushing from a hellish cave, and my fellow intellectuals, startled by the truth and enormity of my observations, would try to bottle them up before they spread.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris