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Recent Examples of fire and brimstone
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.
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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
The last time Pat saw Ron, there was none of the fire and brimstone of his more combative moments.
—Max Olesker, Longreads, 13 July 2023
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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
The last time Pat saw Ron, there was none of the fire and brimstone of his more combative moments.
—Max Olesker, Longreads, 13 July 2023
See all Example Sentences for fire and brimstone
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire and brimstone
Noun
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Little ones can frolic in the Snow Bounce room or in a pit of fake snowballs in the Northern Lights section, where representations of the aurora borealis drift above.The New York Times, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Tens of thousands exposed in Iraq, Afghanistan Disposing of trash in open-air burn pits was a common practice, especially at U.S. bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, which together burned trash in more than 270 pits in 2010, according to an estimate by the U.S. Defense Department's Central Command.Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 8 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
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The empty notebook becomes a mirror reflecting the abyss between societal expectations and personal artistic ambition.Fidan Cheikosman, JSTOR Daily, 1 Jan. 2025
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The abundance of the information ark becomes an encyclopedic abyss.Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 27 Dec. 2024
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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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Although Adolf Hitler met his road to perdition, Joseph Stalin survived and extended his despotism.Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Fire and brimstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20and%20brimstone. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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