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Recent Examples of fire and brimstone
Despite the medieval fire and brimstone that follows, Flight of the Conchords star Clement ensures the peril stays at kid-friendly levels of pantomime villainy.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 July 2024
Lead singer Brandon Coleman’s fire and brimstone vocals tie it all together, and hint at the undercurrent of faith that runs through the band.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2024
Carroll was very good at that, merging positivity with fire and brimstone when it was required.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2024
The British starlet unloads fire and brimstone in an emotional delivery that will be cited as one of her most commanding scenes.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 July 2024
Lead singer Brandon Coleman’s fire and brimstone vocals tie it all together, and hint at the undercurrent of faith that runs through the band.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2024
Carroll was very good at that, merging positivity with fire and brimstone when it was required.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2024
The British starlet unloads fire and brimstone in an emotional delivery that will be cited as one of her most commanding scenes.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
See all Example Sentences for fire and brimstone
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire and brimstone
Noun
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These pathological behaviors pit colleagues against each other, creating a hostile environment of instability and chaos that shifts the focus of their toxic behaviour.—
Jason Walker,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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In homage to stock car racing’s roots in North Carolina, Red Bull Non-Stock 600 pits teams against one another in a go-kart race around an oval track.—
AvidXchange Music Factory,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2025
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Anduril has quite an impressive portfolio of machines capable of raining hellfire with the nudge of a joystick and a push of a button from any bunker in any part of the world at any time.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Dec. 2024
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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
Noun
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The United States’ postwar political identity has vanished into the abyss of the ballot box.—
Ivan Krastev,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2025
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These were story worlds to add to the significance of being grounded, to know the tiny but integral scale of your belonging in a timeless culture of country, while staring into the abyss of the world.—
Alexis Wright,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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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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Or did Christ die only for us, leaving any other creatures to a kind of limbo or perdition?—
Amelia Soth,
JSTOR Daily,
27 June 2024
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“Fire and brimstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20and%20brimstone. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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