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brimstone

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for brimstone.

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If the horizon is surrounded by enough fire and brimstone and you free fall through it, you're still going to burn to a crisp.

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Quick take

The butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni of the Pieridae family.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of brimstone gathered in one view.

noun

The butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni of the Pieridae family.

noun

(biblical) The sulfur of hell; hell, damnation.

noun

(archaic) Sulfur.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for brimstone.

noun

The butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni of the Pieridae family.

noun

(biblical) The sulfur of hell; hell, damnation.

noun

(archaic) Sulfur.

noun

(Internet slang) Online content of exceptionally poor quality, lower than coal.

Example sentences

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If the horizon is surrounded by enough fire and brimstone and you free fall through it, you're still going to burn to a crisp.

2

And fire and brimstone preachers still regularly preach Deuteronomy and Leviticus from pulpits in Christian churches.

3

In seriousness, people get fed fire and brimstone, and see it as an escape from the dreariness of their existence.

4

They are referring to the current crop of brimstone evangelists that used their pulpit to push their extremism to great political effect.

5

A fire-and-brimstone preacher on a street corner is a nuisance to me, and I won't want to hear him.

6

The whole piece read like fire and brimstone, so I wouldn't necessarily give it the benefit of the doubt.

7

Corporations are not gods; they are not omniscient/omnipotent/omnipresent, and do not strike you down with brimstone if you fail to buy their goods/services.

8

Frankly, after the Epstein files, I welcome some fire and brimstone to clean things up a bit.

9

Do not want fire and brimstone blog posts when you fire someone?

10

It's not a situation that requires fire and brimstone and outrage.

11

Really, the only people who used it were the crazy itinerant preachers who would come through campus a couple times a semester preaching hellfire and brimstone.

12

You see either fire and brimstone, or puppies and sunshine.

Quote examples

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The government imported millet to feed people and militant Irish Nationalists called it "Peel's Brimstone" (it's yellow, remember) and claimed that those eating it would put their immortal souls in danger.

2

But there is also, and proudly, a very distinct, baptist/fundamental/born again Christian tract that absolutely is driven by the stereotyped "angry man preaching fire and brimstone" to a chorus of Amens and Hallelujahs.

3

Because they're conditioned to here fire and brimstone sermons, they don't question the big picture of "are these people crazy and does their faith significantly factor in to that?" Apparently 7/10 Americans believe that angels are real.

4

Some people just naturally resist hyperbole or sensationalist rhetoric, and I find it very helpful to reframe the argument from doom and gloom and fire and brimstone to something more realistic and grounded: "The longer we put off doing something, the harder and more expensive it will be in the future.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use brimstone in a sentence?

If the horizon is surrounded by enough fire and brimstone and you free fall through it, you're still going to burn to a crisp.

What does brimstone mean?

The butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni of the Pieridae family.

What part of speech is brimstone?

brimstone is commonly used as noun.