hellish

Example Sentences

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Since Japan depends on energy imports, it faces a “hellish” cycle where fiscal spending is used to offset fuel costs, risking further yen depreciation, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was a huge relief to become functional in this hellish new world, but I was never confident and always made sure to stay close to the others.

From Literature

Finding the beauty in that hellish croak — something that Josh Groban was able to do in the last Broadway revival — can prove exceptionally difficult.

From Los Angeles Times

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal