Word.ws English Dictionary

How to use brimstone in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Brimstone means the sulfur of hell; hell, damnation. Example: “That preacher gave a real fire and brimstone sermon!”

Examples of brimstone by meaning

nounThe sulfur of hell; hell, damnation.

  • But the sulphurous brimstone which burns in hell is a substance which is specially designed to burn for ever and for ever with unspeakable fury.1916, James Joyce, chapter III, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC, page 138

nounThe butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni of the Pieridae family.

  • A brimstone butterfly flirted among the purple shadows under the palms.1954, Ian Fleming, “Passionate Leave”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 242

More sentences with brimstone

  • That preacher gave a real fire and brimstone sermon!From the entry fire and brimstone
  • 'It tastes lovely.' Hellfire and brimstone, he'd been staring like some besotted calfling.2012, Ann Lethbridge, The Laird's Forbidden Lady - Page 136. From the entry calfling
  • He’d better rain fire and brimstone down on supplement companies.2016 April 23, Dirk Hayhurst, “Colabello’s entire fairy tale now under suspicion”, in The Sports Network, archived from the original on 25…. From the entry rain fire and brimstone
  • There was heap of Scriptur' language in it, and more brimstone than you'd find in a match factory.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC. From the entry right
  • "Hooee, hombre, you stink of fire n' brimstone," Harry Castro commented as he put the Tahoe into first gear, heading very slowly up the ramp.2023 December 1, David Brin, Castaways of New Mojave, Novus Mundi Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry hooee
  • Brimstone, Viper, and Phoenix's mollies were adjusted during a closed beta patch, changing the damage tick speed so players couldn't avoid damage by bunny hopping.2020 August 5, Andreas Stavropoulos, “Hiko on Killjoy's Nanoswarm: "I think they do a lot of damage too fast and I think it's hard to even…. From the entry molly
  • Cyrus Barron straightened to his full height and looked for all the world like some old revival preacher raining fire and brimstone on his congregation.2015, Silver James, chapter 17, in Cowgirls Don’t Cry (Harlequin Desire), Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN, page 178. From the entry rain fire and brimstone
  • It would raise fire and brimstone."1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry fire and brimstone
  • And here was me thinkin' as I should add a bit o' ginger and brimstone to your parritch, young man, so as to bring ye up to scratch!2015, Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, →ISBN, page 200. From the entry parritch
  • Plasterer bees build mud nests in the mouldings, butterflies brush the scenery with brilliant colour — lemon-yellow brimstones, dappled whites, large tortoiseshells and swallowtails are all there for the spotting.1989, Pamela Westland, Exploring Rural Greece, page 27. From the entry plasterer bee
  • The Professor of Logic next door has been making the heavens blush with the brimstone profanity of his enquiries as to what-the-polysyllabic-Hades else we could think it was open for.1937 January 14, James Pontifex, “Threat of Asinicide”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, volume XCVI, number 12, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry asinicide

Meaning of brimstone

  1. noun The sulfur of hell; hell, damnation.
  2. noun Sulfur.
  3. noun A whore.

Full definition of brimstone

Questions about brimstone in a sentence

How do you use brimstone in a sentence?
Brimstone is used as a noun. For example: “That preacher gave a real fire and brimstone sermon!”
What is a short sentence with brimstone?
“It would raise fire and brimstone."”
What does brimstone mean?
Brimstone means the sulfur of hell; hell, damnation.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: brimstone (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this page: “How to use brimstone in a sentence.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sentences/brimstone. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.