hellscape

Example Sentences

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They are, after all, a party still completely in the thrall of Trump, whose main campaign message is that America is a hellscape beyond redemption, and that the only viable response is about "retribution."

From Salon

Another street near the Covanta plant seems to take inspiration from the volcanic hellscape in “The Lord of the Rings”: Mordor Drive.

From Washington Post

If you listened to Senate floor speeches Wednesday, you heard, over and over, about how the city of Washington, D.C. is an irradiated hellscape where anyone can, and will, be murdered.

From Slate

In arguing for his legislation, Gaetz said he didn’t believe that “what stands between a caliphate and not a caliphate are the 900 Americans who have been sent to this hellscape with no definition of victory.”

From Seattle Times

The leading alternate explanation — call it the hellscape theory — argues that teenage misery is a rational response to Covid, Donald Trump, climate change, mass shootings, misogyny and other problems.

From New York Times