ferocity

Example Sentences

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It’s a simple but primal character motivation that Beetz sells with a wild-eyed ferocity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Ursula has shades of Gellar’s famous characters — Buffy’s physical ferocity, Kathryn Merteuil’s ruthless cattiness, Daphne Blake’s affinity for mysterious games — but doesn’t play to one exclusively.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

It is not a new complaint - but it is being made with increasing regularity and ferocity in the House of Commons.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Residents across the south of France were shocked at the storm's ferocity.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Despite his lame-duck status, Strauss opposed Dulles’s proposal with his customary ferocity, reiterating that testing did not present a significant health hazard.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik