fire and brimstone
Example Sentences
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Pete Hegseth has been talking like a Marvel villain lately, threatening fire and brimstone with LLM-tinged evocations of doom.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026
In our modern dystopia, fire and brimstone have been replaced by ones and zeroes.
From Salon ● May 24, 2025
Having come into this full of fire and brimstone they shipped an early try.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2022
After a brutal loss to Stanford, players expected fire and brimstone from McKay, who was hardly the warm, cuddly type.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2022
A blistering attack would be preferable, some flying fur, a little fire and brimstone.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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