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.
— Emily Martin, Them, 28 June 2024 -
That’s the trade-off of life … and one hell of a life lesson.
— Lz Granderson, Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2024 -
Still, that’s not to say that One of the Good Ones isn’t a hell of a lot of fun.
— Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2024 -
But, uh, Vance said that Moreno and Vance would make a hell of a team.
— Staff Reports, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023 -
And he’s just had a hell of a last couple days and a hell of a season.
— Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 6 June 2023 -
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.
— Umar Shakir, The Verge, 13 Sep. 2023 -
That’s a hell of a thing … There’s an awful lot of pressure on (her) to have to score.
— Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024 -
Still, for half a year, life aboard the Manchester must have been one hell of a ride.
— Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024 -
At that point, that artist is a hell of a producer and might not even know it.
— Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023 -
Brooks made a hell of a play, and the kick was a little lower because of the distance.
— Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 2024 -
There’s a standard in that room and the guys did a hell of a job and will continue to do a hell of a job.
— Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024 -
And that loose kind of wording has given us a hell of a lot of freedom.
— Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024 -
But the show did produce one hell of a first installment.
— Nick Caruso, TVLine, 11 Dec. 2024 -
The present was bleak, but Future Nostalgia promised one hell of a good time.
— Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024 -
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.
— Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024 -
On Allen’s interception: That seemed like a hell of a throw.
— Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024 -
That’s a hell of a lot more dramatic than an hourglass.
— Dalton Ross, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2024 -
And until then, if someone throws up in your hot tub, charge them a hell of a cleaning fee.
— Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2024 -
But it's been a hell of a week here, Margaret, between dust, heat, flooding.
— CBS News, 23 June 2024 -
The audience clung to every word. Anthem or no, Scott put on a hell of a show.
— Joshua Medintz, The Enquirer, 22 July 2023 -
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.
— Joe Gross, SPIN, 3 Sep. 2024 -
The missing-plane drama Manifest has had a hell of a ride.
— Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023 -
Fran Lebowitz and public-radio callers started to make a hell of a lot more sense.
— Jazmine Hughes, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2023 -
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.
— C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2024 -
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.
— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023 -
To paraphrase the musician Rick James, primacy is a hell of a drug.
— Nancy Okail, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2024 -
Lots of work will go in over the coming months to continue to develop him, but a hell of a talent.
— Ben Morse, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024 -
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.
— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024 -
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.
— Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2023 -
At Vogue, dissecting the Hollywood step and repeats is part of our daily job, and 2024 was one hell of a ride.
— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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