How to Use ferocity in a Sentence

ferocity

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  • The ferocity of the winds sent embers swirling through the air.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
  • No fan base fights through all the L's with such ferocity.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
  • The ferocity of the storm was unlike that of any the region has seen, Poloncarz said.
    — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2022
  • At the trial — Juliet was 15 and Pauline was 16 — the details of the ferocity of the killing sent shock waves around New Zealand.
    — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The ferocity of the delivery sells the message better than the words do.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Hochul said the scale of the storm will be worse than the famous blizzard of 1977 in its intensity and ferocity of the winds.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2022
  • His was the only door open, save the doors of his mind which were opening and closing with the ferocity of mystery.
    — Riley Van Steward, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The music, the words, the Warhol, the attitude, the androgyny, the fragility, the ferocity.
    — Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
  • But experts say the ferocity and scale of this downturn could end up leading to more of an ice age.
    — Julian Mark and Gerrit De Vynck, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The ferocity of that response has been condemned by many countries around the world.
    — Cary Spivak, Journal Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2024
  • But the beds around him are unlikely to stay empty for long, given the ferocity of the fighting in the Donbas.
    — Hanna Arhirova, ajc, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Fish McWilliams and Isaiah Forte are the leaders of the defensive line and are plugging holes with ferocity.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The first set saw Swiatek in full command, playing with a relentless ferocity from all corners of the court.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Some time over the holiday break White ditched his blue hair and went back to black, but there’s enough ferocity in even one of his modest sets to turn a guy or a gal grey.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Jan. 2023
  • His ferocity could mean finding his way onto the field as a freshman.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The Vikings left North America because of the ferocity of the natives, but the next wave of invaders conquered the Indians with ease.
    — Yulia Latynina, WSJ, 6 July 2022
  • There’s a ferocity when its needed, and there’s something regal, for want of a better word, about her.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2024
  • My mindset was more eros, erotic, the ferocity of demanding to live on your terms.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 May 2022
  • Caitlyne excelled, kicking and punching with such ferocity that some of the boys tried to avoid her on sparring days.
    — John Woodrow Cox, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Ferreira saw those concerns and raised us relentless ferocity on both sides of the ball.
    — Tamerra Griffin, refinery29.com, 21 July 2023
  • This system isn’t expected to bring anywhere near the levels of ferocity seen in many of the March storms, but the historic wet season isn’t over yet.
    — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Tár has committed herself to the gig with the same ferocity that defined her high-art career.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Deep divisions have emerged over the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas, the ferocity of Israel’s response in Gaza and demands for a cease-fire.
    — Rick Rojas, New York Times, 9 May 2024
  • This spike in ferocity is best captured in LaVine’s improved ability to draw fouls, leading the Bulls with seven trips to the line per game in this 10-game stretch.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Butkus, a middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears whose speed and ferocity set the standards for the position in the modern era, died Thursday, the team announced.
    — Andrew Seligman, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Butkus, a middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears whose speed and ferocity set the standards for the position in the modern era, has died, the team announced Thursday.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Charlotte leveled her dark eyes on his with a ferocity that ought to have terrified him.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2023
  • But the ferocity of the hurricane caused storm surges in areas that aren’t usually prone to flooding.
    — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2022
  • On the riverbank behind him, buildings lay shattered and crumbling, their skeletal remains serving as a haunting testament to the ferocity of a war now in its third year.
    — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2024
  • Saldaña, a very good actor who’s often found herself either buried under CG make-up or lost in weak parts, has a welcome ferocity as Rita, almost as if she too has been liberated.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 May 2024

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