ferocious

Example Sentences

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The noise here for competitive games is ferocious.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Scream queen Samara Weaving has an extraordinary yell: shrill, feral and ferocious, like a mongoose before it goes on the attack.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

OpenAI and Anthropic have taken steps toward public listings that could take place as soon as this year, plans that have added extra urgency to the ferocious competition between the two companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Gyllenhaal zips between tones and styles with a ferocious abandon.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

It came out of nowhere, a ferocious squall with swirling black clouds, pounding rain, and lightning that tore open the sky.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis