fiery
Example Sentences
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On the morning of Feb. 19, I awoke to the fiery red clouds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Doherty said while Oliver was "up for anything" on set, he struggled to adopt the stereotypical fiery TV chef persona she had in mind and she had been told in advance he would not swear.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
The reaction from the woman, played by Susannah Perkins, who will turn out to be the play’s Antigone, is fiery: “Is it even about her?” she asks truculently.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
The fiery row over multi-billion-euro plans to beef up its military is unprecedented in a country where there is usually consensus on defence.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
On the throne now sat Notus—a bronze-skinned old man in a fiery Greek chiton, his head crowned with a wreath of withered, smoking barley.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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