sheer hell
Frequency: 7.33.4 per million words
Used to emphasize a very unpleasant situation.
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- It was sheer hell having to sit through hours of boring lectures.
- The final week of the project, working 18-hour days, was sheer hell.
- Being stuck on a crowded train with no air conditioning in summer is sheer hell.
- For many soldiers, the constant threat of attack was sheer hell.
- Cleaning up after the flood was sheer hell for the homeowners.
- He described the experience of being lost in the desert as sheer hell.
- The constant noise from the construction site next door made life sheer hell.
- I imagine that navigating the bureaucracy to get a visa can be sheer hell.
- The first few months of basic training are designed to be sheer hell.
- For a shy person, giving a presentation to 500 people would be sheer hell.