How to Use hellacious in a Sentence

hellacious

adjective
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  • The pair becomes an effective duo, navigating a wild car chase through Rome in a tiny Fiat and a hellacious train trip on the Orient Express.
    — USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • There are the hellacious bus rides and south-of-the-border escapades of his minor league years.
    — Keith Hernandez, Fox News, 16 May 2018
  • Strait served up his hellacious hooks in a voice as clear and strong as Jose Cuervo Silver.
    — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 28 May 2018
  • On a course that was by no means easy, but certainly not hellacious, Woods beat just seven players in the field.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 14 July 2022
  • But a hellacious rainstorm rolled in after Yoakam’s set, so Willie agreed to reschedule.
    — Timothy Finn, kansascity, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Even just buying a home, no reno needed, can be hellacious.
    — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 21 Sep. 2018
  • Adams took a hellacious shot from 49ers safety Jimmie Ward on a deep shot midway through the fourth quarter.
    — Ryan Wood, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Two decades ago Whitehall had at least two dozen working farms, and farm boys tend to be hellacious football players.
    — Tim Layden, SI.com, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Over the past 40 years, a range of subsequent HR policies have sought to undo this progress and, in the process, made working in government hellacious.
    — Danah Boyd, Wired, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Both teams played hellacious schedules for D-3 schools.
    — Son Of Swami, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2023
  • For now, UConn fans will have to be satisfied with YouTube clips of his hellacious windmill and tomahawk jams.
    — Jeff Jacobs, courant.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Nothing has terrorized moviegoers quite like the hellacious space cockroach that came to be known as the xenomorph, first unleashed in 1979.
    — Darryn King, VanityFair.com, 18 May 2017
  • In addition to keeping Springer atop the lineup, Hinch insisted that Springer should not hold back on his hellacious hacks.
    — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2017
  • But fishing boats will collide in the fog on Frenchman Bay, a fire truck will end up at the bottom of the harbor, and the gang will get caught in a hellacious lightning storm atop Cadillac Mountain.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2021
  • Anyone starting out in stand-up comedy knows it’s a long hellacious road to making a living on stage.
    — Travon Free, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2022
  • There are stabbings, electrocutions and one hellacious fall out a window in the first movie, but that’s, well, child’s play compared to what Hamill’s Chucky unleashes.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 20 June 2019
  • Their defense was hellacious, especially in the early going, scoring the first touchdown of the game.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Think of them as tiny space invaders — specks of dust, sometimes smaller than a grain of sand, that have survived a trip through space and a hellacious entry into Earth’s atmosphere.
    — Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 30 July 2017
  • And this particular stretch, covering a shade under three minutes on the game clock, was one hellacious show.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 May 2018
  • When running back Boston Scott scored Philly’s third rushing touchdown with 21 seconds remaining, the 49ers were in a hellacious hole.
    — Michael Silver, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2023
  • The Spectre x360 is verified to be Intel's Project Athena standard, which (among other things) means some hellacious battery life.
    — Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2019
  • And while Nicky D’s put up a hellacious fight in the readers’ finale, Tom’s is an experienced campaigner and wound up winning with 53 percent of the final-round vote.
    — Robert Philpot, star-telegram, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Garoppolo took off on third-and-9 from the Rams’ 37-yard line and punctuated the run with a hellacious collision with cornerback Troy Hill.
    — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Most of the victims already had testified about their hellacious childhood.
    — Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Mostert, who runs upright and doesn’t shy from contact, might lead NFL running backs in an unofficial stat: most hellacious hits absorbed.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Apr. 2021
  • But this fire season may bring something truly hellacious.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2021
  • The church’s piano was supposed to be dedicated with a virtual recital on Feb. 21, but again providence — in the form of a hellacious deep freeze on Valentine’s Day — had other ideas.
    — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 13 June 2021
  • Judon has given Belichick a hellacious new pass rusher capable of all sorts of disruption.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Overall, the GranTurismo Folgore is a hellacious coupe with ample space for four adults.
    — David Beard, Car and Driver, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The 49ers quarterback lowered his shoulder — his throwing shoulder — at the end of a fourth-quarter scramble, and his decision resulted in a hellacious collision with Rams cornerback Troy Hill.
    — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 19 Oct. 2020

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