sound and fury

noun

: loud and angry words that attract a lot of attention but do nothing useful

The town meeting created lots of sound and fury, but no resolution.

Examples of sound and fury in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead of the sound and fury of a piston-engine vehicle shooting power through a mechanical system of joints and shafts and secondary clutches, one only experiences the smooth, rushing fury, accompanied by a synthesized whispering. —Mark Ewing, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025

Social media is just a different landscape, but that was all sound and fury signifying nothing. —Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025

This is relevant—but how? Second, without more information, the number of private groups suing each other is like a tale told by an idiot: full of sound and fury, but signifying not very much to the reader. —Ann Rutledge, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025

The threats from Trump and his alter egos are sound and fury signifying nothing. —Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2025

Then, after Adams nails this rant of maternal sound and fury, signifying that the kids may be all right but the matriarchs of the world are anything but, Heller rewinds and resets the moment. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024

Erivo can go big, filling up a frame with sound and fury when needed. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024

This is just a lot of sound and fury signifying what’s really inside this overly busy attempt at blowing your mind: nothing. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024

In all this sound and fury, what is the real news here? —George Calhoun, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024

Rhymes for sound and fury

• buri
• jury