How to Use fury in a Sentence

fury

noun
  • I could see the fury in her eyes.
  • He turned away from them in fury.
  • The hurricane unleashed its fury on hundreds of homes and businesses.
  • Nothing could contain his fury over their accusations.
  • The blackout stirred terror — and fury — across the Gaza Strip.
    Yousur Al-Hlou, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • And in the fury of his words, there’s also a promise of vengeance.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 19 May 2024
  • It has been scorched by years of fury from the culture war that’s been waged.
    Julie Garel, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2024
  • But few were prepared for the scale of the sound and fury -– least of all Truss herself.
    Jill Lawless, ajc, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Looking for a way to watch the eclipse but don't want to leave your fury friends at home?
    Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Mar. 2024
  • But the steps have failed so far to quell the farmers’ fury, which is deep and varied.
    Catherine Porter, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • But the band wanted to push the volume, the fury, everything, to the very brink.
    Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2022
  • There is only the flash and the fury, the sudden surge of belief in a better life.
    Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The budget cuts drew fury from the city's teachers and police unions.
    Adam Shaw, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Bron Breakker hit the ropes with the fury of 1,000 Steiners, eliciting loud barks from the crowd.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Irene Merrill knows all too well the quiet — and the fury — of the Salinas River.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The sinking of the Moskva may push Vladimir Putin to unleash a deeper fury on the East.
    ABC News, 17 Apr. 2022
  • The Nazis then took their fury out on the local residents.
    Ségolène Le Stradic, New York Times, 5 June 2024
  • Clenched fists of black clouds threatened to release their fury.
    Bill Oram, oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2022
  • In 2015, to Rogers’ righteous fury, the Supreme Court made up a new standard of law to strike down the state’s death penalty law.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2024
  • But nothing could move Ahmed; there was a fury in him that frightened her.
    Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The fury of this series, and make-up of these teams, will be on display at tip-off Sunday.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2022
  • The singer was recently left off Rolling Stone’s list of the 200 greatest singers of all time and Dion fans rose up in a fury.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Her voice was soft, almost a whisper, but coiled with fury.
    Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2022
  • In his art, Reva channels that fury, fiery as the burst of sparks that fly from his welding torch.
    Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The new deaths have fuelled more fury—and more funerals.
    Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2022
  • But underneath the fury was a deep sadness; the sadness of the staining of something beloved.
    Claire Dederer, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2023
  • But a fury had been unleashed in the rural county in the mountains of Virginia.
    Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 10 May 2024
  • The fury against him is such that his private residence was set ablaze.
    Emily Schmall, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022
  • Summon the fury of the elements and turn the X-Men’s most electric leader into your next commander.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The fury of the comments sections focussed on the administrative officials who seemed to stand in the way of neighborly assistance, such as the assistant fire chief Chris Melton, who, Seidhom claimed, told him that he might be arrested.
    Jessica Pishko, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024

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