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Recent Examples of fire and brimstone
Kiser didn’t want to get into too much detail about the fire and brimstone Freeman spewed the day before kickoff when the 38-year-old head coach showed that this program has a weapon leading it.
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Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Warne would not have approved of watering down fire and brimstone.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
As with his discussion of the Combs charges, Williams didn’t add any fire and brimstone to his delivery.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Because basically, to date, Hollywood has just shown us the apocalypse, the fire and brimstone, The Day After Tomorrow kind of stuff.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 29 Sep. 2024
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Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Warne would not have approved of watering down fire and brimstone.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
As with his discussion of the Combs charges, Williams didn’t add any fire and brimstone to his delivery.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Because basically, to date, Hollywood has just shown us the apocalypse, the fire and brimstone, The Day After Tomorrow kind of stuff.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 29 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for fire and brimstone
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire and brimstone
Noun
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Roast marshmallows with friends and family or keep things cozy during the evenings; ALDI’s outdoor fire pit is an easy solution.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 May 2025
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Nearby, officers found human remains in a fire pit, officials said.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
6 May 2025
Noun
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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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Two months after the hellfires began in Southern California, each day brings fresh pain.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
The Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The agreement with the UK also gives other world leaders a reason to hope that other deals can rescue the global economy from the abyss, providing a framework for future negotiations.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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With deep-sea mining looming, biologists race to collect and name the undiscovered species of the abyss, the last wilderness on earth.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 May 2025
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Appropriately for a fantasy of perdition suited to this nihilistic century, the logic of eternal punishment remains opaque.—
Elisa Gonzalez,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 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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“Fire and brimstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20and%20brimstone. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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