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fiery

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


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These records feature the fiery jazz-and-blues-infused fiddle playing of Scott Stoneman, a fellow wild seed and veteran of the D.C. bust-heads.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

He was a passionate, fiery character and a wonderful father.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday ordered the military to enter the fiery fray, which hit residents and holidaymakers alike at the peak of France's vacation season.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

This fiery interval also matched a dramatic expansion of ferns.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

She’d tied her blond hair back with a strip of denim torn from her pants leg, and in the fiery light of the river, her gray eyes flickered.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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

I give thanks to God that I am made of fierier material. 

From Merry Men by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

IN their precise tracings-out and subtile causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman




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