hell
noun
the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
hells
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pluralof hell.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"So this is glamour, people are walking past saying I've seen that bodysuit in M&S, I must get one... but it was all fine, there was no fire - only in the nine hells."
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2024
Background characters are presented as translucid entities reinforcing the idea that most of us, trapped in routinary hells, are already ghosts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2023
It’s going to be one hell of an offseason, and there’s nothing like hells of offseasons.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2021
On August 4th, we watched from our separate hells as a 40,000-foot cloud the color of bruised flesh collapsed over the ridge west of Greenville.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2021
Small wonder half the hells are made offlame.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
