How to Use "Hell" with Example Sentences

hell (n): very unpleasant place or situation; in religion, the place where bad people go after they die

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Used with adjectives:

"This meeting is pure hell."
(pure, sheer, absolute, utter, total)

"Working there was a living hell."
(living)

"He's been dealing with a personal hell."
(personal, private)

"He is afraid of living in eternal hell."
(eternal)

Used with verbs:

"He's been going through hell this week."
(going through, suffering through)

"She is making my life a living hell."
(be + making)

"I really need to escape this hell."
(escape)

Used with prepositions:

"I feel like we are in hell."
(in)