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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.