raise hell

How to use raise hell in a sentence

• Maybe the evening news as an institution has dwindled so much that no one cares enough to raise hell.

  Diane vs. Katie: Round One | Rebecca Dana | December 21, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST

• I went back to raise hell, but High-Pockets—well, one of them—was quite calm about it.

  Nine Men in Time | Noel Miller Loomis

• Then you rake leaves--then the taxpayers raise hell, and throw the rascals out to save the Constitution.

  Class of '29 | Orrie Lashin and Milo Hastings

• But—inasmuch as your mother has always belonged to the Granger party, I suppose—I suppose she'll just raise hell!

  Mixed Faces | Roy Norton

• Then he'll go back West and raise hell for a year or so; finally his father will make him go into the paint business.

  This Side of Paradise | F. Scott Fitzgerald