hellscape

Example Sentences

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People unnecessarily sold low to preserve wealth that would have been useless in a postapocalyptic hellscape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Sure, it’s a bigger, brighter future on one hand, but it’s a dystopian hellscape on the other.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2026

And judge after judge after judge has said: No hellscape.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025

Naturally there is plenty of ire in Ellie as she hurtles toward adulthood in a hopeless hellscape with an assassin/guardian who’s repeatedly lied to her.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2025

The car bumped and thumped over more debris in the road, and Akira’s eyes were drawn back to the hellscape outside her window.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz