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In our modern dystopia, fire and brimstone have been replaced by ones and zeroes.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

Such was the fire and brimstone wrought by Wood, Hodge pleaded for mercy by telling the bowler he had a "wife and kids" back in Dominica.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

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