How to Use furious in a Sentence

furious

adjective
  • We worked all night at a furious pace.
  • I was furious with them for printing the story.
  • She's furious at how slowly the investigation is proceeding.
  • What was the vibe of the photo shoot? PA Fast and furious!
    Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Case said furious waves tore out 30 to 40 feet of the pier.
    Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The Chiefs didn’t even need to score off of any of these calls to have fans furious.
    Andrew Joseph, The Enquirer, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The song is a furious protest aimed at a distant élite.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • In the lobby, a young man in a headset gave me a furious look.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The city’s shelters were full, though, and Jones was furious.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Those on the other side of the trade, who lost billions, were furious.
    Mark Burton, Fortune, 7 July 2022
  • Not all of it worked, but Jackson was every inch the furious monarch.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
  • The agents do not dispute that Trump was furious and exchanged tense words with one of the agents, the two people said.
    Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 28 June 2022
  • But this one video prompted a furious backlash from the right.
    The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Some top agents also seem to be furious — not with the studios but with their own clients.
    Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2023
  • Her dad was furious about The Hate U Give being in a local school.
    Melissa Giannini, ELLE, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The front office has learned that furious spending alone cannot stir in the secret sauce.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2023
  • The Heat bolted to a 26-point lead in the first half and withstood a furious Boston comeback.
    Paul Newberry, ajc, 28 May 2022
  • After the robbers get their fill and leave, the mob bosses are furious and want revenge.
    Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The Chinese were furious and asked the Soviets to change or delay the bulletin.
    Joseph Torigian, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2024
  • Saban was furious on the sideline as the Bulls received a massive gift.
    Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 16 Sep. 2023
  • But when the product earns some furious backlash, the stakes in Miles’ own life grow more and more serious.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Viserys finds out and is furious, calling Daemon to the throne room.
    Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 21 Aug. 2022
  • The outcome left most of the Republican rank and file furious.
    Carl Hulse, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The female officer walks up to the Charger and tells the husband, who appears to be furious.
    Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 29 July 2023
  • The fleet is thus likely to shrink at a time when China is expanding its own naval forces at a furious pace.
    Loren Thompson, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
  • In the end, the Swifties were able to get a lot of the AI smut removed through mass-reporting and overwhelm the rest with a furious avalanche of condemnation.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
  • They aren’t eliminated yet but will need a furious streak toward the end of the season.
    Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Jalen Hurts held a clipboard, wore a headset, and paced the sideline with the same the look of consternation on his face as furious Philly fans in the stands.
    Dan Gelston, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The men at the table were furious: for us, the main purpose of the dinner was to have a serious conversation with Boggs about some pending legislation.
    The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Priscilla was furious when Lisa Marie revealed the incident and called her daughter in so Edwards could apologize.
    Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024

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