English language

How to pronounce brimstone in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms native sulfur, native sulphur
Type of atomic number 16, s, sulfur, sulphur

Examples of brimstone

brimstone
Fire and brimstone may work for some, but Powell figures everyone needs a laugh.
From the dailynews.com
Sometimes the press deserves all the fire and brimstone anyone can throw at it.
From the washingtontimes.com
In this World Cup, though, O'Connell has been magnificent, all fire and brimstone.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Surely, then, now is the time for a fire and brimstone union boss to make hay?
From the independent.co.uk
This time out the telltale fire and brimstone were conveyed, and some subtlety too.
From the sacbee.com
Cowboys camp can be called crisper and sharper, not necessarily fire and brimstone.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
What happened then bears the infernal reek of sulfur, brimstone and gross receipts.
From the washingtonpost.com
What happened next bears the infernal reek of sulfur, brimstone and gross receipts.
From the dispatch.com
After the riddle sequence, even the audience needs a break from fire and brimstone.
From the charlotteobserver.com
More examples
  • An old name for sulfur
  • Gonepteryx is a genus of butterfly in the Pieridae family. They live in Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. They are commonly known as brimstones for the bright yellow color of the wings of most species.
  • Brimstone are two fictional characters from DC Comics. The first appeared as a Golden Age villain from Batman in The Brave and The Bold #200. The second appeared firstly in the limited series Legends in 1986.
  • Brimstone is a novel written by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, published in 2004. It is the first novel in the trilogy that includes Dance of Death (2005) and The Book of the Dead (2006).
  • Brimstone is a 2009 Western novel by Robert B. Parker. It is the third novel featuring Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole, following the events of Appaloosa and Resolution.
  • Sulfur or sulphur (see spelling below) is the chemical element that has the atomic number 16. It is denoted with the symbol S. It is an abundant, multivalent non-metal. Sulfur, in its native form, is a bright yellow crystalline solid. ...
  • Brimstone is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.
  • William M. Kucmierowski (born August 22, 1974) is an American professional wrestler, actor, author, and philanthropist who is better known by his shortened name Will Kaye or his ring name, Brimstone.
  • Sulphur; The sulphur of Hell; Hell, damnation; Used attributively as an intensifier in exclamations; The butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni of the Pieridae family; Composed of or resembling brimstone; about or pertaining to Hell