hell on earth
Example Sentences
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"The degree of illness and sickness that I went through was hell on earth, it was torture, to go through that and to be able to bounce back."
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Their living conditions have been described by one human rights defender as "a hell on earth".
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025
"Jack's birthday was hell on earth and this last few days it's getting harder because the answers are just not coming," she said.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024
Three decades after a national publication probed the city’s ills, we gathered a panel of Angelenos to ponder the age-old question: Is Los Angeles hell on earth?
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2024
Kabul in those days, Amir jan, was as close as you could get to that proverbial hell on earth.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
