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Recent Examples of fire and brimstone
Despite the medieval fire and brimstone that follows, Flight of the Conchords star Clement ensures the peril stays at kid-friendly levels of pantomime villainy.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 July 2024
Lead singer Brandon Coleman’s fire and brimstone vocals tie it all together, and hint at the undercurrent of faith that runs through the band.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2024
Carroll was very good at that, merging positivity with fire and brimstone when it was required.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2024
The British starlet unloads fire and brimstone in an emotional delivery that will be cited as one of her most commanding scenes.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 July 2024
Lead singer Brandon Coleman’s fire and brimstone vocals tie it all together, and hint at the undercurrent of faith that runs through the band.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2024
Carroll was very good at that, merging positivity with fire and brimstone when it was required.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2024
The British starlet unloads fire and brimstone in an emotional delivery that will be cited as one of her most commanding scenes.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
See all Example Sentences for fire and brimstone
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire and brimstone
Noun
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Temporarily relocating a water intake to draw water from the lower levels of the mine pit where sulfide levels are higher.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Feb. 2025
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Compact and lightweight, these fire pits can easily move around your space.—
Jené Luciani Sena,
Fox News,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Anduril has quite an impressive portfolio of machines capable of raining hellfire with the nudge of a joystick and a push of a button from any bunker in any part of the world at any time.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Dec. 2024
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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
Noun
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But as anybody working as a music creator knows, creating the music is only the start in a series of dancing monkey chores to make sure my work doesn’t disappear into the abyss.—
Kay Hanley,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Feb. 2025
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With the death of our local paper, where will local citizens get the information needed to keep us from a dark abyss where lies become truth and truth becomes lies?—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 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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Or did Christ die only for us, leaving any other creatures to a kind of limbo or perdition?—
Amelia Soth,
JSTOR Daily,
27 June 2024
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“Fire and brimstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20and%20brimstone. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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