hell
Example Sentences
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The rooms are spacious, with curved walls of windows that look out over the water—truly one hell of a view.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
“But what I would say is that recovery is an ongoing process. I’m not the finished article, but I’m doing a hell of a lot better.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
"He said to her: 'You're no longer my sister', and she told him to go to hell."
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
But now she sees the U.S. involved in another Middle Eastern conflict, and it “scares the hell out of me.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
"Oh, yes. They ragged him about me at the café, I guess. He wanted me to grow my hair out. Me, with long hair. I'd look so like hell."
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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