sure as hell
Example Sentences
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"I wouldn't want him to suffer the way I know others have suffered, and I sure as hell wouldn't want him to go to a foreign country on his own and do it," she said.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
“But he picked the wrong city — and he sure as hell picked the wrong commonwealth. We learn from our history in Pennsylvania, even when it’s painful.”
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
“We don’t know where we’re going, what we’re doing. … We’re about to lose our Mayberry, but we’re sure as hell going to fight for it.”
From Washington Times • Feb. 24, 2023
“If they don’t have enough patients to make an inpatient unit viable, they sure as hell don’t have enough to make a hospital-at-home program viable.”
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023
“Every time I heard it that night, I thought, I sure as hell hope not.”
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
