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
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
“I hope in the day of judgment that Allah will do the same for you and for me. I ask forgiveness from those whom I have wronged and I have hurt.”
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2021
V anitas elements, which also occurred in other kinds of paintings, reminded the living of the inexorable fact of death and Christians of the inevitable day of judgment.
From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2014
Subsiding on to his seat Mr. Blore thought to himself: He's nearer the day of judgment than I am!
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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