fiercely

Example Sentences

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That night, the Teesta was flowing so fiercely that it pushed the other river back and sent it into the town.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The Neo was met with widespread enthusiasm and is expected to compete fiercely with Windows laptops and Chromebooks.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

After the airstrikes that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian-Canadian Salar Gholami went to a rally in a Toronto suburb to celebrate the downfall of a leader he fiercely opposed.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

But Huerta was also a legend, a fiercely independent mother who had a passion for addressing the social issues of the time — women’s rights, poverty and racism.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

He started to run to her, but when he saw me, he swerved across the field in my direction, barking fiercely.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn