hellish
Example Sentences
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So this time around, after a hellish year for myself, and frankly, the entire country, I decided Vitamin D was a requirement: I needed to go somewhere warm.
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026
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 has trumped hellish geology and cranked out dozens of gushers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
The fire sequences alone, captured in the hellish fuzz of Pål Ulvik Rokseth’s cinematography, are pinnacles of this practical-meets-digital-effects discipline.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025
As we exit the highway forty-six hellish minutes later, he finally looks over at me.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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