hell on earth
Example Sentences
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Lorne Warburton had never heard of the hantavirus until three years ago when he was taken to hospital and put on life support, describing the sickness as "torture" and "hell on earth".
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Attendees said the bookseller's annual BookFest was disorganised and potentially unsafe, with some social media users joking they had "survived" the event while one deemed it "hell on earth".
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025
"As far as the pain and bleeding went, it was amazing. But the menopausal symptoms, physically and emotionally, was hell on earth," she said.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 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
I trembled with fear as we passed through those gates of hell on earth.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
