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

This is a moment to celebrate a revolution that got televised, an opus of sound and fury that sparked difficult conversations from Bible study to the Barbershop, from the pole to the pulpit. — Joe Otterson, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

What issue was big and loud enough to produce all this sound and fury? — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026

For all the political sound and fury around them, America’s tariffs have produced only modest economic effects. — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 23 July 2026

Everything else, no matter how massive in scale or painstakingly rendered, is just sound and fury, not the master nor commander of anything. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 24 June 2026

Rhymes for sound and fury

• buri
• jury
• verdure