1
: hell sense 2
all heck breaks loose
2
: hell sense 4
a heck of a lot of money
Examples of heck in a Sentence
it looks like heck in that boy's bedroom
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Styr memorably beat the heck out of Jon Snow (Kit Harington) in a hand-to-hand battle before Snow fatally placed his axe in Styr's head.
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
His fate changes when Jay (Jonathan Groff, going full on adorable) walks into a temple where Naveen’s praying charms the heck out of him.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
And then, halfway through the year, the rest of the league will be like, ‘Who the heck is this guy?
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Florida rebounds the heck out of the ball, having grabbed back 38% of their misses this season.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
His fate changes when Jay (Jonathan Groff, going full on adorable) walks into a temple where Naveen’s praying charms the heck out of him.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
And then, halfway through the year, the rest of the league will be like, ‘Who the heck is this guy?
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Florida rebounds the heck out of the ball, having grabbed back 38% of their misses this season.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Heck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heck. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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