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fiery

[fahyuhr-ee, fahy-uh-ree] / ˈfaɪər i, ˈfaɪ ə ri /


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And his fiery temper, igniting at every possible moment with his older and more accommodating bandmates, turns this snapshot of history into genuine tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

The crowd had made its allegiances clear after a fiery build-up which included Itauma shoving Hrgovic, the Zagreb man slapping him back and plenty of verbal sparring.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

And yet, this villain’s fiery domain, where imps torture souls nearby, is also recognizably Dionysian.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

TikTok and Instagram are awash with videos of foreigners trying the fiery snacks.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

The smoke hasn’t reached the second floor, but the walls and floor of the hallway look like molten lava, with a fiery glow that pulses underneath.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

On another side of town, and in another fictional world, sketch-comedy group The Habit tries on a fierier stage adaptation with a much higher body count: the 1988 Christmas Eve action-thriller “Die Hard.”

From Seattle Times Dec. 12, 2019

With the help of a public speaking coach, he returned to the debates as a decidedly fierier presence.

From The Guardian Feb. 21, 2016

He was fierier than most Plowshares activists, a believer in miracles and prophecy, a bold “warrior for peace,” like Philip Berrigan.

From The New Yorker Feb. 28, 2015

While Mr. Boreyko led the orchestra in brisk, burnished readings — the brasses, not always the Philharmonic’s rock, were particularly strong — the final Allegro of the Dvorak could have been fierier.

From New York Times Nov. 25, 2012

He went on striking the radish-shavings into gold pieces faster and faster, hitting them harder and harder, and they crackled away in the goldsmith's hand with fierier and fierier sparks.

From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Ernst Theordor Wilhelm Hoffmann

The paper reported that there were parents in favor of the mask mandate, but some of the fieriest speeches came from those diametrically opposed.

From Fox News Aug. 18, 2021

Portraying Franklin - one of the last century's fieriest singers - is a daunting task, but although Hudson has a powerful voice, she can't come close to embodying the richness and range of Franklin's style.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2021

Todd Stottlemyre, known as one of the fieriest pitchers of his era, won 138 games in the majors from 1988 to 2002.

From Seattle Times Jun. 17, 2016

Thomas’ dissent is, in many ways, the fieriest of the bunch.

From Slate Jun. 26, 2015

Beck did his fieriest; but got repulsed everywhere.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Thomas Carlyle




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