hellish

Example Sentences

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There were fantastic moments, and there were hellish moments.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

As a band played “The Blue Danube,” she blocked out her hellish surroundings and imagined herself on stage in Budapest, dancing to Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 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

The horrific images that have emerged from the area during these hellish recent months have fomented a sea change in the dialogue around it.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2025

If I don’t know how my coworkers survive on their wages or what they make of our hellish condition, I do know about their back pains and cramps and arthritic attacks.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich