fire and brimstone

noun

: the torments suffered by sinners in hell

fire-and-brimstone adjective

Examples of fire and brimstone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The counter-cultural elements of UFO folklore are starting to fade as the government embraces the mystery, but perhaps Vance’s beliefs will inject some old-fashioned fire and brimstone into the topic. — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2026

Trump decided to preach fire and brimstone at the normally bipartisan and staid National Prayer Breakfast — rivaling his performance at Davos recently. — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 6 Feb. 2026

The fire and brimstone nature of both fixtures, played in potentially imposing and intimidating stadiums, carries the risk of heightening the level of a player’s tension, in turn hindering their concentration or ability to follow a plan. — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026

How to commemorate a religious sect that was unique, tolerant, forward-thinking, unjustly antagonized—but also short-lived, cultish, poorly documented, and fixated on fire and brimstone? — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above