fearsome

Example Sentences

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Elderly islanders told Routledge the legend of Rapa Nui: Long, long ago, the island had been fought over by two warring races, the Short Ears and their oppressors, the fearsome Long Ears.

From The Wall Street Journal

This week’s latest round of stormy weather hit Southern California with fearsome winds that downed trees and heavy precipitation that flooded roadways and dumped even more snow in the mountains.

From Los Angeles Times

My hands were fists now, my knees were bent, and I could hear my breathing, hard and heavy like a fearsome beast.

From Literature

Now he’s the fearsome monster who can’t quite remember the man he used to be.

From Salon

We are, perhaps, not the world’s most fearsome army.

From Literature