How to Use ferocity in a Sentence

ferocity

noun
  • We were stunned by the ferocity of the storm.
  • 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
  • Fire officials later told the couple that given the fire’s speed and ferocity, their home didn’t stand a chance.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2021
  • There was a giddiness about the prospects of the newly militant racist right, itching to prove its ferocity.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Even the thunder from the storm outside growled and boomed with an amplified ferocity on Sunday that couldn’t be ignored.
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Popovich also made some defensive tweaks, having his players pressure the entry pass into the post with more ferocity.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Still, the ferocity of this year’s fire season — California already has seen more than twice as many acres burn compared with the same time last year — was putting a strain on resources.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2021
  • Social media videos and photos caught the ferocity of the rushing waters, which one witness said turned a local river into a torrent in a matter of seconds.
    CBS News, 21 July 2021
  • Fires that threatened the northern suburbs of Athens have now died down, but their ferocity has left a trail of destruction that residents fear will take years to recover from.
    NBC News, 7 Aug. 2021
  • The ferocity of these disasters is as notable as their timing, coming ahead of the global talks in Glasgow to try to reach agreement on fighting climate change.
    New York Times, 17 July 2021
  • The ferocity of these disasters is as notable as their timing, coming before the global talks in Glasgow to try to reach agreement on fighting climate change.
    BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2021
  • President Joe Biden is sounding the alarm about the need for more resources to fight a series of wildfires in western states, as climate change has worsened the spread and ferocity of the blazes.
    Josh Boak, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
  • The ferocity of the winds sent embers swirling through the air.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The music, the words, the Warhol, the attitude, the androgyny, the fragility, the ferocity.
    Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
  • 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 new album teems with the band’s signature brilliant noise, with the ferocity of Mdou’s guitar playing as its backbone.
    Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
  • Despite their reputation for ferocity, the mullahs have been reluctant to use indiscriminate force.
    Eric Edelman, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2023

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