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.
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Trump’s hope is perhaps that the sound and fury – if this is not itself the goal of the operation – will signify enough that Maduro makes a deal to flee alive.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
For all the sound and fury, the direction of travel will not change.
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2025
In a true oddity, the only thing that his sound and fury seems to be accomplishing is the need for the Fed to cut.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
After much sound and fury, the central premise of the film is established: Ne Zha and Ao Bing must share the former’s body, completing a series of heroic trials in enough time to revive the latter’s, and, of course, stave off a looming demonic invasion.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
For now, if one were to strip away the sound and fury and noise, the likely near-term result is modest.
—Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
But the beating heart of the movie is the father-daughter relationship at its center that drives the story while lacing the sound and fury with heart and soul.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 1 Aug. 2025
Some analysts argue that this is all so much sound and fury, signifying nothing.
—Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2018
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
For all the sound and fury, the direction of travel will not change.
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2025
In a true oddity, the only thing that his sound and fury seems to be accomplishing is the need for the Fed to cut.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
After much sound and fury, the central premise of the film is established: Ne Zha and Ao Bing must share the former’s body, completing a series of heroic trials in enough time to revive the latter’s, and, of course, stave off a looming demonic invasion.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
For now, if one were to strip away the sound and fury and noise, the likely near-term result is modest.
—Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
But the beating heart of the movie is the father-daughter relationship at its center that drives the story while lacing the sound and fury with heart and soul.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 1 Aug. 2025
Some analysts argue that this is all so much sound and fury, signifying nothing.
—Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2018
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“Sound and fury.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sound%20and%20fury. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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