How to Use ferocity in a Sentence

ferocity

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  • We were stunned by the ferocity of the storm.
  • The ferocity of the winds sent embers swirling through the air.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The first one arrived with a muted ferocity, hit the back of my head, and fell to the floor with a thud.
    — The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The team also found that the amount of food impacted the ferocity of the bouts.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2020
  • No fan base fights through all the L's with such ferocity.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
  • The ferocity of the storm was unlike that of any the region has seen, Poloncarz said.
    — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2022
  • The summer brought fires of rare ferocity that leveled the town of Greenville.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Both the ferocity of the backlash to the Fed’s ethics dilemma and the speed of the review might have owed in part to the sensitive timing.
    — New York Times, 21 Oct. 2021
  • At the trial — Juliet was 15 and Pauline was 16 — the details of the ferocity of the killing sent shock waves around New Zealand.
    — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The ferocity of the delivery sells the message better than the words do.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Did the Vikings match that ferocity at any other point in the season?
    — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Still, the winds were so strong that nearby flags blew with ferocity, and the kick would have been going into the wind.
    — Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Hochul said the scale of the storm will be worse than the famous blizzard of 1977 in its intensity and ferocity of the winds.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2022
  • At the far end of the gallery hangs a suite of small, square and tranquil seascapes, but their mood is hardly enough to calm the show’s overall ferocity.
    — Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021
  • His was the only door open, save the doors of his mind which were opening and closing with the ferocity of mystery.
    — Riley Van Steward, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • In India, the ferocity of the second wave left hospitals too full to treat the sick.
    — Washington Post, 17 June 2021
  • The music, the words, the Warhol, the attitude, the androgyny, the fragility, the ferocity.
    — Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Davis shows us the pain and pride fueling the ferocity.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Both plays had a similar design, schemed up with the same goal in mind: use the Colts speed and ferocity against them.
    — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Dec. 2020
  • But experts say the ferocity and scale of this downturn could end up leading to more of an ice age.
    — Julian Mark and Gerrit De Vynck, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The ferocity of that response has been condemned by many countries around the world.
    — Cary Spivak, Journal Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The searing heat, the choking smoke, the sheer ferocity of the fires and the intense activity all around is hard to process at times.
    — Eleni Giokos, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Watts used to be the coolest cat in the room by virtue of the implacability that came hand in hand with his ferocity.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The coach’s presence in the stands did little to slow Carlos Vela’s ferocity.
    — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Dec. 2020
  • But the beds around him are unlikely to stay empty for long, given the ferocity of the fighting in the Donbas.
    — Hanna Arhirova, ajc, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The Colts lead the NFL with nine interceptions this season, and the ferocity of the pass rush often leads to mistakes.
    — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Oct. 2020
  • Moses, a hardened denizen of the streets, is played by Jon Michael Hill with a ferocity that attests to a lifetime of hard luck and racist gut punches.
    — Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Willie Flowers, the father of two eighth-grade boys in Howard County schools, was stunned by the ferocity of the resistance.
    — John Blake, CNN, 1 Aug. 2020
  • The ferocity of the twisters was also an unusual aspect of Milton.
    — Stephany Matat, Isabella O'Malley, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2024
  • As one of the few remaining independent music festivals in our neck of the woods, Levitation Fest preserves the raw ferocity of psych music's diaspora by bringing bands from across the globe for four nights: October 31 to November 3.
    — Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Oct. 2024

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