How to Use hell of a in a Sentence
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But the premise is also wild and a hell of a lot of fun.
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Emily Martin,
Them,
28 June 2024
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That’s the trade-off of life … and one hell of a life lesson.
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Lz Granderson,
Orlando Sentinel,
11 July 2024
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Still, that’s not to say that One of the Good Ones isn’t a hell of a lot of fun.
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Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
18 Mar. 2024
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But, uh, Vance said that Moreno and Vance would make a hell of a team.
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Staff Reports,
cleveland,
7 Aug. 2023
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And he’s just had a hell of a last couple days and a hell of a season.
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Joe Freeman,
oregonlive,
6 June 2023
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One thing about the top trims of the new F-150s, though, is the front looks a hell of a lot better than the Lightning with the light bar.
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Umar Shakir,
The Verge,
13 Sep. 2023
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That’s a hell of a thing … There’s an awful lot of pressure on (her) to have to score.
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Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2024
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Still, for half a year, life aboard the Manchester must have been one hell of a ride.
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Nate Anderson,
Ars Technica,
5 Sep. 2024
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At that point, that artist is a hell of a producer and might not even know it.
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Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
28 June 2023
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And that loose kind of wording has given us a hell of a lot of freedom.
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Adam Morganstern,
Forbes,
6 Sep. 2024
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The present was bleak, but Future Nostalgia promised one hell of a good time.
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Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
3 May 2024
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Ronnie’s been having a hell of a camp, had a hell of a week in practice, but he’s got to come down with that catch.
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Michael Nowels,
The Mercury News,
22 Sep. 2024
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And until then, if someone throws up in your hot tub, charge them a hell of a cleaning fee.
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Blair Braverman,
Outside Online,
5 Aug. 2024
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But it's been a hell of a week here, Margaret, between dust, heat, flooding.
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CBS News,
23 June 2024
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The audience clung to every word. Anthem or no, Scott put on a hell of a show.
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Joshua Medintz,
The Enquirer,
22 July 2023
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And anyone who has done time in a 12-step meeting can tell you that self-loathing is a hell of a drug in itself.
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Joe Gross,
SPIN,
3 Sep. 2024
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The missing-plane drama Manifest has had a hell of a ride.
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Seija Rankin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
31 May 2023
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Fran Lebowitz and public-radio callers started to make a hell of a lot more sense.
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Jazmine Hughes,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2023
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But that’s a hell of a team, this year and last year, to win all those games by double figures and just run through the tournament.
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C.j. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2024
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The notion of manifest destiny, that’s a kind of light, but for a lot of people, that’s a hell of a lot of darkness.
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Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
20 Dec. 2023
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The fact that he’s played by Nicolas Cage in full neo-Kabuki, scraping-at-the-door mode does, of course, make a hell of a difference.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
11 July 2024
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Because the Casino and Old Tom Gin complete each other, two dusty old relics brushed off and teamed up to make one hell of a drink.
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Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
2 Dec. 2023
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And just about anything that today’s team can achieve that reminds anyone of the 1992 Cowboys is a hell of a way to start a season.
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Tim Cowlishaw,
Dallas News,
14 Sep. 2023
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Childbirth proved to be a hell of a tester — even for trailblazing superhero star Gal Gadot.
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Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2024
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Heesen gave one passionate skipper one hell of a Christmas present this year.
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Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
27 Dec. 2023
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That's a hell of a way to do business in America for such a serious problem.
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CBS News,
3 Mar. 2024
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He’s shown waking up nearly naked and bloody on a park bench, having clearly been on one hell of a bender the night before.
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Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Apr. 2024
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Also: Bly Manor ends with one hell of a final twist—my favorite Flanagan kicker to date.
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TIME,
12 Oct. 2023
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So my expectations for Deadheads for Kamala is one hell of a fun phone call or Zoom.
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David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
2 Aug. 2024
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Butler shouldn’t have doubted himself so strenuously, though this is a hell of a way to learn.
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Alexandra Schwartz,
The New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2023
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