hellish

Example Sentences

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These real-life tradwives described hellish experiences, both for themselves and their children.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

I’ve been doing daily art journalism for 45 years — 36 of them at The Times, with 2,195 bylines — so I’m about to find out whether this quitting will also be hellish.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

Sections of charred scaffolding fell from the burning apartment blocks in hellish scenes late on Wednesday, as flames inside apartments sometimes belched out through windows into a night sky that glowed orange.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

It is also, unmistakably, the work of a man who has survived a hellish ordeal and emerged with serious things to say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

I should have been relieved when January rolled around and put an end to my hellish holiday season.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx