How to Use fearsome in a Sentence

fearsome

adjective

• In essence, the 49ers have a lot more strings to their bow than simply a fearsome pass rush.
  — Nicholas McGee, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
• Even worse somehow than the fires of hell, more fearsome, to me, was the Rapture.
  — Anna Deforest, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
• These are the prizes of an Alaskan fishing trip: fearsome fighters, great on the grill.
  — oregonlive, 11 July 2023
• Over the course of the game, Cal meets up with the crew of the Mantis while battling fearsome Inquisitors along the way.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2023
• And the fearsome wind, which along with the bunkers is the great defense of the Old Course, is forecast to be a little more than a wee breeze.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 14 July 2022
• The former is dispatched with a set of fearsome teeth and oversized jaws.
  — Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2024
• Behind the stick was Col. Jalil Zandi, one of the most fearsome pilots ever to fly the F-14 plane.
  — Stephen Witt, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
• Brown Jenkin is one thing, but his witchy mistress is even more fearsome.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2022
• The Scottish singer and songwriter had set a fearsome pace.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 29 May 2023
• In the show, Princess Pinecone and her roly-poly pony face trolls, giants, dragons and other fearsome things.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 1 July 2022
• Utah figures to stay close, but the Bruins right now are fearsome on defense.
  — Jeff Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
• Pound for pound, as boxers say, this is one of the most fearsome pieces of artillery in modern warfare.
  — Hope Hodge Seck, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023
• The best team in baseball has added another fearsome bat.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 30 Nov. 2022
• Second, pump some juice back into a once fearsome pass rush.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
• The Dragons are led by Gareth Bale, a forward known for his distinctive man bun and once fearsome speed.
  — John Keilman, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2022
• Jaguars, the most fearsome cats of the Americas, eat nine different types of prey.
  — Gina Errico, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
• Luka Doncic’s new ride is just as fearsome as his game.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2023
• But few have looked under the cape to see how the undead man became the fearsome legend that entranced readers.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
• Falcons are fearsome foes, capable of reaching 200 mph in the air.
  — Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
• Tyrannosaurids are best known as massive, fearsome predators like Tyrannosaurus rex, which could tip the scales at close to eight tons and grow to 40 feet in length.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
• Perhaps the most fearsome is Ryan Campos, who was named to the Golden Spikes midseason watch list.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2023
• William did not want to be a fearsome foursome (i.e., Will, Kate, Harry, and Meghan joining royal forces).
  — Vulture, 6 Jan. 2023
• The Dragon may look fearsome on the outside, but the inside is another story.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Nov. 2022
• During this time—which began this year on Sept. 16—our reckoning before the Supreme Judge is so fearsome that the very fish are said to tremble in the seas.
  — Ruth R. Wisse, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2023
• That also means that the public has forgotten what made some of these diseases so fearsome.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
• Suzuki steadied his small frame, peered over his glove and stared down his fearsome opponent in the batter’s box.
  — Lindsey Adler, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2023
• To be fair, Yelawolf doesn’t much resemble his fearsome moniker.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2022
• Most of them are agreed on one thing, though, with minor variations: that the American is some kind of fearsome force of Nature.
  — Jean Shepherd, Car and Driver, 18 Dec. 2022
• And maybe the defense surrounding him would have looked more like its fearsome self instead of an impostor in white, red and gold.
  — Candace Buckner, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Jan. 2023
• At this point in history, the dragon seems to have been little more than an enormous and fearsome water snake.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024