hellacious

Example Sentences

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And surely the hellacious fire that destroyed the palace altered the mural colors from which the illustrator worked.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

No matter which quarterback was under center, the Commanders had trouble stopping San Francisco’s hellacious front.

From Washington Times • Dec. 24, 2022

That hellacious blaze, which burned nearly 1,000,000 acres through five counties for more than three months, was the largest single wildfire in California history.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2022

The Rams dealt two 2022 draft picks to the Denver Broncos for pass rusher Von Miller, a future Hall of Famer who joins the Rams’ hellacious Super Bowl pursuit.

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2021

The fear that prickled Mark’s skin was like nothing he’d ever felt, even after all the hellacious things they’d experienced since that day when all went dark in the subtrans.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner