raise hell
Example Sentences
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“I couldn’t believe they didn’t maintain their helicopter. I was raising hell because they put my life in jeopardy.”
From Los Angeles Times
“My husband was very strict, but Ben was the most difficult of my three children,” Teiko Chida said, adding that he raised hell even at preschool, kicking his teacher and refusing snacks.
From Los Angeles Times
“I do not understand why all of the sudden they’re raising hell about it in the middle of June.”
From New York Times
The year is 1974, President Richard Nixon has just resigned, a federal judge has ordered the busing of students to desegregate the city’s public high schools, and irate White parents are raising hell.
From Washington Post
But mostly, they’d gathered for one last look around the space where they’d nurtured dreams of stardom, or just cherished a room of their own to raise hell.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
