intensely

Example Sentences

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"Everybody was intensely trying to observe and analyze it, but then it started to look more like a supernova, and some astronomers lost interest. Not us."

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

The Chinese car market is intensely competitive, with more than a hundred brands fighting for survival.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Although it was a state trial court decision, Brown’s case had been intensely covered by the national press, and it was no doubt the most consequential trial in U.S. history until that time.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

"I think the main reason is to make money, which is so intensely wrong."

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

This led into an even longer argument—hard to follow and, to me, intensely boring—about whether Hesiod’s primordial Chaos was simply empty space or chaos in the modern sense of the word.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt