fearsome

Example Sentences

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The plumber was sent to a fearsome maximum-security prison in Eswatini -- formerly known as Swaziland -- where he is still being held without charge a year later.

From Barron's • Jul. 7, 2026

Under a chaotic canopy woven with vines and studded with fearsome spiked stems, the group crossed streams, waded through mud and picked off dozens of leeches.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

This is the most fearsome repertoire in all of pop music, and Nilles supplied its heartbeat and muscle, and most of its nuance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Yet they proved fearsome captors, armed with long spears tipped with shark teeth.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

So on July 28, 1942, the Soviet government issued a new order, with an even more fearsome message than Order 270.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein