hellacious

Example Sentences

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Smith looked through the polarizing rhetoric of Venezuela’s political crisis and gave voice to all he encountered: oil-covered fishermen eking out a hellacious existence in a polluted lake, street gangsters hurt by the rising price of bullets or the families of victims of a fire at an overcrowded prison.

From Seattle Times

But even the Mariners’ most reliable starter couldn’t get out of harm’s way in this most hellacious week.

From Seattle Times

But there are other elements in play here that have nothing to do with the particulars of this game on this Sunday in this hellacious year.

From Washington Post

The violinist Ignaz Schuppanzigh warned Beethoven that Duport needed to be handled “very gently and courteously” or he could “make things hellacious.”

From New York Times

The most successful films tackling the horrors of this hellacious year have come at it from an angle, remembering all the while to be a movie before a message.

From The Guardian