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
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Everything else, no matter how massive in scale or painstakingly rendered, is just sound and fury, not the master nor commander of anything.
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Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
On winter days when the tide was high and the ocean rose up in massive waves, people would gather on the Pacifica Pier just to experience the sound and fury under their feet.
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John Ramos,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
Three decades after reaching their pinnacle, their sound and fury is still in style.
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Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
Branding and marketing executives have always loved nothing more than seizing the latest, abstraction that can somehow bend the ever-changing Zeitgeist to their favor and tell a tale, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
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Bruce Stockler,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
Reviews have been mixed, with some critics embracing Gyllenhaal’s bold vision and others dismissing it as a whole lot of sound and fury, signifying zilch.
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Brent Lang,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
In a true oddity, the only thing that his sound and fury seems to be accomplishing is the need for the Fed to cut.
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Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
7 Sep. 2025
For now, if one were to strip away the sound and fury and noise, the likely near-term result is modest.
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Anisha Sircar,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
But at least in New York, the sense among those who knew best was that aggressive policy measures amounted to little more than sound and fury.
—
Brian Hochman,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Mar. 2022
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Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
On winter days when the tide was high and the ocean rose up in massive waves, people would gather on the Pacifica Pier just to experience the sound and fury under their feet.
—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
Three decades after reaching their pinnacle, their sound and fury is still in style.
—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
Branding and marketing executives have always loved nothing more than seizing the latest, abstraction that can somehow bend the ever-changing Zeitgeist to their favor and tell a tale, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
—
Bruce Stockler,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
Reviews have been mixed, with some critics embracing Gyllenhaal’s bold vision and others dismissing it as a whole lot of sound and fury, signifying zilch.
—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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
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 at least in New York, the sense among those who knew best was that aggressive policy measures amounted to little more than sound and fury.
—
Brian Hochman,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Mar. 2022
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“Sound and fury.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sound%20and%20fury. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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