ferocity
Example Sentences
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His blends of tenderness and ferocity, and of notated music and improvisation, inspired goals to which musicians still strive.
Freedman and former players including Carlos Vela have credited Cherundolo’s success to his laid-back California cool, which stands in stark contrast to Bradley’s old-school ferocity.
From Los Angeles Times
She stabbed the hairpins into her bun with a great deal more ferocity than usual.
From Literature
After feasting on a diet of meatballs at home, they are then faced with curveballs and sliders that move with far more ferocity as soon as they go on the road.
Here, Shepard publicly wrestled with every demon that family delivered, sorting through toxic masculinity with a rare intelligence and ferocity, determined to, as he said, “destroy the idea of the family drama.”
From Los Angeles Times
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