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

All the sound and fury directed at Gelfond that day stemmed from a battle that had recently erupted in Hollywood between two top talents. —Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024

By the time that the two titular stars team up and get involved in a zero-gravity battle royale that’s a textbook example of sound and fury signifying near-indecipherable noise and chaos, you’re left wondering why so little of this seems to land. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2024

Ronna McDaniel is no doubt going to create a lot of sound and fury over at NBC News. —Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 Mar. 2024

Beyond the partisan sound and fury, there are also several fiercely competitive local House races in overwhelmingly Democratic districts, including the battles to fill departing Reps. —Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024

If that sounds somewhat underwhelming, well that’s exactly why buyout talk tends to be mere sound and fury. —Hunter Felt, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024

The gent also knows how to compose for a giant screen, filling set pieces with unexpected grace notes amidst the sound and fury. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2024

Life today seems like a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying something. —Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2018

And whether or not screenwriter David Scarpa (All the Money in the World) had purposefully planned to front-load the three-ring sound and fury in the spirit of traditional historical biographies or as a feint, both Scott and Phoenix certainly let that aspect of Napoleon shine through. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2023