FIERCE in a Sentence

Learn FIERCE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
244 example sentences for FIERCE, such as:
1. The fire gave out a fierce heat.
2. Some students riot in fierce argument.
3. The sun beat down with fierce intensity.
4. The girl backed away from the fierce dog.
5. The lion is not so fierce as he is painted.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of FIERCE
fierce
 a.  ruthless in competition
 a.  marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Through his astonishment there ran a fierce thrill of joy.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
2  She tightened her fierce hold about his neck.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  The attack came, there was fierce skirmishing and the Yankees were beaten back.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
4  She began calling for Ashley, over and over, as if in a delirium until the hideous monotony gave Scarlett a fierce desire to smother her voice with a pillow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
5  There was a glow of grim pride in her usually gentle face, approbation and a fierce joy in her smile that equaled the fiery tumult in Scarlett's own bosom.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
6  They were a soft-spoken, fierce, tired people who were defeated and would not know defeat, broken yet standing determinedly erect.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
7  A fierce desperation drove her as she saw the days slipping by and she wished she might grasp the hourglass in her hands and keep the sands from running.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
8  She still hated the Yankees with as fierce a hate as on the day when they tried to burn Tara, but she could dissemble that hate.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
9  But Peter's words caused fierce resentment to burn in her breast, drove her to a defensive position, made her suddenly dislike her neighbors as much as she disliked the Yankees.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
10  Her eyes were red-rimmed from tears and, after giving Scarlett a reproving look, she turned her gaze back to Suellen, a fierce angry gaze that boded ill for her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
11  For all his dirty, ragged clothes there was about him, as about most mountaineers, an air of fierce silent pride that permitted no liberties and tolerated no foolishness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
12  And Melanie, with a fierce "love-me-love-my-dog" look on her face, made converse with astounded hostesses.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
13  '"An' he say ter me, right fierce lak: 'Open dem shutters.'
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIX
14  But it seemed to her now, driven by a fierce desire to cry: "I love you," that there was only this night, this hour, in which to tell Rhett what was in her mind.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXIII
15  She sighed to think what her mother's fierce energies would have accomplished, had they been coupled with Mrs. Peniston's resources.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1  Peter might look a bit fierce, but actually he's fairly harmless.
2  But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age.
3  They look like the teeth of some fierce animal.
4  Some students riot in fierce argument.
5  The lion is not so fierce as he is painted.
6  The sun beat down with fierce intensity.
7  After a fierce struggle, he got a beat on his opponent.
8  After fierce fighting, C Troop was nearly destroyed.
9  Two men were shot during fierce fighting last weekend.
10  After hours of fierce fighting, rebels broke through and captured the capital.
11  His detractors claim that his fierce temper makes him unsuitable for party leadership.
12  Inevitably, this attempt to define the most powerful school of art since the war is going to lead to fierce arguments.
13  Despite fierce competition she made a gallant effort to win the first medal of the championships.
14  The girl backed away from the fierce dog.
15  The fire gave out a fierce heat.