fire and brimstone

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Recent Examples of fire and brimstone Warne would not have approved of watering down fire and brimstone. Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 As with his discussion of the Combs charges, Williams didn’t add any fire and brimstone to his delivery. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024 Because basically, to date, Hollywood has just shown us the apocalypse, the fire and brimstone, The Day After Tomorrow kind of stuff. Sean Illing, Vox, 29 Sep. 2024 Despite all the progressive fire and brimstone descending on Elon Musk, his Department of Government Efficiency is making only a down payment on shrinking the administrative state. Robert J. Delahunty, National Review, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fire and brimstone
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire and brimstone
Noun
  • Up and down pit road, many crew chiefs anticipated a race where tire conservation would be the primary difference between winning and losing.
    Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Kyle Larson stayed out, and Blaney won the race off pit road.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Soon, Happy Hollow is awash in rumors of teenage cults and demonic possession, and where there’s smoke, there may be actual hellfire.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Two months after the hellfires began in Southern California, each day brings fresh pain.
    Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Ali has no choice but to look into the abyss of his own soul.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Then the other shoe drops, and the rest of Warfare is a head-first dive into the abyss as bullets rain, blood flows, and any respite feels increasingly out of reach.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Appropriately for a fantasy of perdition suited to this nihilistic century, the logic of eternal punishment remains opaque.
    Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The perdition market did not respond to Newsweek's request for comment asking if an announcement like FanDuel's would follow.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025

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“Fire and brimstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20and%20brimstone. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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