living hell

Example Sentences

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"Families were failed. We have always said this inquiry is about learning lessons so that nobody should go through again what we did. This is a living hell," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2024

The duo were locked in a love/hate relationship throughout the series, with an emphasis on hate, as Parker’s character often made the lovelorn vampire’s life a living hell.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2023

"It's not enjoyable any more, it's got to the stage where it's hard work and sometimes it's a living hell."

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2023

Those Black people who survived the living hell of the Middle Passage and then centuries of enslavement and brutalization were not an undifferentiated mass of brutes as conceptualized by the white popular imagination.

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2023

I could see in his eyes that he knew he was a man again, a man returned from a living hell.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya