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.
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Such events drive the narrative forward, but despite the sound and fury, the novel has a strangely vacant center.
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Christopher Sorrentino, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
While Charan commits to the many versions of his two characters, his performance gets lost in the sound and fury.
—Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
Despite the sound and fury of recent years, U.S. alliances remain quite robust.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
Behind all the sound and fury attending Trump and his Liberation Day antics, there is a sober consensus cohering in the West (and Japan, Korea, India, even SE Asia) that China is the real problem for global trade.
—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
All that sound and fury and Category 5 temper tantrums come later, naturally.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2025
For some that may prove to be incentive enough, but ultimately Warfare is a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing, nothing at all.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
Instead of the sound and fury of a piston-engine vehicle shooting power through a mechanical system of joints and shafts and secondary clutches, one only experiences the smooth, rushing fury, accompanied by a synthesized whispering.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Social media is just a different landscape, but that was all sound and fury signifying nothing.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
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Christopher Sorrentino, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
While Charan commits to the many versions of his two characters, his performance gets lost in the sound and fury.
—Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
Despite the sound and fury of recent years, U.S. alliances remain quite robust.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
Behind all the sound and fury attending Trump and his Liberation Day antics, there is a sober consensus cohering in the West (and Japan, Korea, India, even SE Asia) that China is the real problem for global trade.
—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
All that sound and fury and Category 5 temper tantrums come later, naturally.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2025
For some that may prove to be incentive enough, but ultimately Warfare is a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing, nothing at all.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
Instead of the sound and fury of a piston-engine vehicle shooting power through a mechanical system of joints and shafts and secondary clutches, one only experiences the smooth, rushing fury, accompanied by a synthesized whispering.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Social media is just a different landscape, but that was all sound and fury signifying nothing.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Sound and fury.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sound%20and%20fury. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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