hellacious

Example Sentences

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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

She was among the sport’s elites seven years ago, a rising star whose hellacious power and risk-it-all tactics propelled her to the semifinals of the 2015 Australian Open at 19.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2022

California’s hell of a 2021 is so, well, hellacious that it’s not even giving us the holidays to relax and regroup for what’s already shaping up to be a scary 2022.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 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