fire and brimstone

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Recent Examples of fire and brimstone This wasn’t the fire and brimstone of fundamentalism; this was the joyful, big-tent-style Christianity of Billy Graham. Emma Green, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2025 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for fire and brimstone
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire and brimstone
Noun
  • There are complimentary vintage bicycles for guests to explore the grounds with gardens and fire pits.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025
  • Archaeologists found storage trenches, part of a defensive wall, sections of a key road, the outlines of soldiers’ homes and numerous pits, officials said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • But, unbeknownst to them, the maid of honor (Wilson) is actually a secret agent ready to rain hellfire upon anyone who would dare ruin her best friend's wedding.
    EW.com, EW.com, 19 June 2025
  • Under an especially beautiful carbon fiber fairing lurks an inline four engine punching out over 230 hp (169 kW) of electronically refined hellfire.
    Joe Salas May 25, New Atlas, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • This offensive abyss has also coincided with Aaron Judge’s first slump of the season.
    Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 18 June 2025
  • The country’s longest-serving prime minister has pulled himself back from the abyss with what appears to be a wildly successful opening to a military campaign against Iran.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Yet, the measure was promptly shuffled into the House Rules Committee, where it could be buried to perdition.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
  • 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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“Fire and brimstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20and%20brimstone. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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