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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a hellhole to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a place that is extremely unpleasant or undesirable, often in a figurative sense.
Example: "After spending a week in that rundown motel, I can confidently say it was a hellhole to stay in."
Alternatives: "a nightmare to" or "a dump to".
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"I always thought that New York seemed like a hellhole to be avoided at all costs," Dorrinson said.
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In his evidence to the historical institutional abuse inquiry, the witness described the Derry home as a "hellhole" and akin to a concentration camp.
"I've heard people talk about the city like it's a cesspool, a hellhole, a place to be avoided".
Then we come back to a hellhole," Marino said.
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Girl! Don't wear your cute shoes to a hellhole!
Connect to Today "A hellhole with a claim on history," Bill Keller wrote in a March 1994 New York Times article describing Sharpeville, just before South Africa's first elections with universal suffrage.
Having bestowed the presidency on a candidate who described their country as a "hellhole" besieged by multitudes trying to get into it, Americans need an antidote for social hypochondria.
The appetizers had no sooner arrived than the lobbyist framed the question: Why would a Harvard-educated lawyer want to step into a hellhole like that?
She told me about a meme she'd seen on Facebook that referred to San Bernardino as a "hellhole".
Dear millennials, Sorry to be the bearer of bad news here, but you are about to get sucked into a hellhole unlike anything you've ever previously imagined.
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