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

And I’m not even talking about the sequel where the bullying mogul Biff Tannen turns downtown Hill Valley into a hellish Pleasure Paradise Casino & Hotel.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

It has trumped hellish geology and cranked out dozens of gushers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

The heat belowdecks is hellish with the smell of sweat and sick.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper