the hell

noun

informal + impolite

—used to make a statement or question more forceful

Let's get the hell out of here.

(chiefly US) They moved way the hell up north.

What the hell is going on?

—used to say in an angry and forceful way that one will not do something, does not agree, etc.

"It's your fault!" "The hell it is!"

Examples of the hell in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The difference there is that most people will not care, because who the hell owns an 8K TV right now? —

Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 11 Sep. 2024 This does not excuse the way the government acted, the PATRIOT Act’s disregard for civil liberties, or the numbers of hate crimes against Muslim Americans (or the hell that those Americans surely encountered making their way through an airport). —

Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024 Where the hell did the false claim that Haitian immigrants are eating pets come from? —

Ian Millhiser, Vox, 9 Sep. 2024 The desire of instant big-game hunters to knock off a trophy ram and get the hell out as quickly as possible has given rise to the price-tag system of hunting. —

Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the hell

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