fiery

Notorious for his fiery personality, Ditka also took his stardom from field to screen, starring alongside Will Ferrell in “Kicking & Screaming,” in which he played himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

He was also known for his fiery on-court temper—“You cannot be serious!”—and his rivalry with Swedish player Björn Borg.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The fiery derailment in East Palestine led to one of the worst U.S. chemical disasters in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Thirty-six years ago, Nigel flew across the Atlantic as the fiery outsider, tearing through Doug DeWitt in Atlantic City to secure his first world title.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

And there, high above, the fiery tunnel we’d fallen through scarred the sky.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

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 commenced playing; a blissful smile illuminated his features; he lifted his radiant eyes to heaven, and his music grew louder and fierier, and his fingers glided more powerfully over the keys of the piano.

From Andreas Hofer by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

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

Having been trialled for 10 minutes at Southampton last week, it’s getting a full baptism of the fieriest fire today.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2017

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

Acres of closely shaven lawns, dotted with flowering shrubs of the brightest reds, deepest purples, and fieriest solferinos, beds of rich-hued foliage plants, and cool, green masses of ferns meet your eye.

From Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines by Rounsevelle Wildman