hellish

Example Sentences

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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

Sections of charred scaffolding fell from the burning apartment blocks in hellish scenes late on Wednesday, as flames inside apartments sometimes belched out through windows into a night sky that glowed orange.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

It is also, unmistakably, the work of a man who has survived a hellish ordeal and emerged with serious things to say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

One said life became "hellish" when their practice was taken over.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2025

Every person I knew had a hellish horror of being “called out of his name.”

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou