ferocious

Example Sentences

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The noise here for competitive games is ferocious.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

What in fact kills patients is the ferocious overreaction of their immune systems, which cause widespread blood clotting and organ failure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

My mother brought me to this country as a child and toiled with a ferocious determination that afforded our family the means to move farther and farther from the place we started.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Gyllenhaal zips between tones and styles with a ferocious abandon.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

I keep remembering Mrs. Kluck’s ferocious frown when she yelled at Mama in front of everybody.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan