Day of Judgment
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Day of Judgment
First recorded in 1525–35
Example Sentences
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Whatever ensues, a day of judgment looms for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after a record-long career of political comebacks.
From Reuters • Oct. 17, 2023
“I thought the day of judgment had come. I immediately thought of my players,” Mr. Demirel told Hurriyet, a Turkish newspaper, about the moment the earthquake hit.
From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2023
His opportunity to press this dubious privilege through the appellate courts gives him an unwarranted weapon for staving off the day of judgment.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2022
In days gone by, she said, Christians were buried facing the sunrise to better ascend on the day of judgment — an orientation that conservators will aim to replicate.
From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2017
But search until the day of judgment, and you will find not one shred of evidence of them.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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