sound and fury
noun
: loud and angry words that attract a lot of attention but do nothing useful
The town meeting created lots of sound and fury, but no resolution.
Examples of sound and fury in a Sentence
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This is just a lot of sound and fury signifying what’s really inside this overly busy attempt at blowing your mind: nothing.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
In all this sound and fury, what is the real news here?
—George Calhoun, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Against this violent backdrop, composer Tom Holkenborg delivers another primal rock opera of sound and fury from metal and synths.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2024
Yet the sound and fury has done little to slow the Silicon Valley wealth machine.
—Margaret O’Mara, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
And the right has just said that the revival of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the Maryland House of Delegates was mere virtue signaling and sound and fury on the part of some, because women have arrived and don’t need legal protection.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2024
All the sound and fury directed at Gelfond that day stemmed from a battle that had recently erupted in Hollywood between two top talents.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
By the time that the two titular stars team up and get involved in a zero-gravity battle royale that’s a textbook example of sound and fury signifying near-indecipherable noise and chaos, you’re left wondering why so little of this seems to land.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2024
Ronna McDaniel is no doubt going to create a lot of sound and fury over at NBC News.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 Mar. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
In all this sound and fury, what is the real news here?
—George Calhoun, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Against this violent backdrop, composer Tom Holkenborg delivers another primal rock opera of sound and fury from metal and synths.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2024
Yet the sound and fury has done little to slow the Silicon Valley wealth machine.
—Margaret O’Mara, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2022
And the right has just said that the revival of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the Maryland House of Delegates was mere virtue signaling and sound and fury on the part of some, because women have arrived and don’t need legal protection.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2024
All the sound and fury directed at Gelfond that day stemmed from a battle that had recently erupted in Hollywood between two top talents.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
By the time that the two titular stars team up and get involved in a zero-gravity battle royale that’s a textbook example of sound and fury signifying near-indecipherable noise and chaos, you’re left wondering why so little of this seems to land.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2024
Ronna McDaniel is no doubt going to create a lot of sound and fury over at NBC News.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 Mar. 2024
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“Sound and fury.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sound%20and%20fury. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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