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

If the Lions are all that they can be, then they will win and should win well, regardless of whatever fire and brimstone might be thrown at them.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025

In our modern dystopia, fire and brimstone have been replaced by ones and zeroes.

From Salon • May 24, 2025

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

With no more chat Eurykleia obeyed and fetched out fire and brimstone.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer