something fierce
idiom
US, informal
: very badly or very much
I miss her something fierce.
I need a vacation something fierce.
Examples of something fierce in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
There’s something fierce in her nature.
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Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 7 Apr. 2023
My dad at times snores something fierce.
—Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2022
Valente looked so dirty and bedraggled, leaves and twigs feathered in his hair and something fierce and sad in his look.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
Every now and then, the inbox would get an email from MSBB@aol.com with a song attached, something fierce or something tender, but always something from the heart.
—Holly Gleason, cleveland, 17 Mar. 2021
Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 7 Apr. 2023
My dad at times snores something fierce.
—Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2022
Valente looked so dirty and bedraggled, leaves and twigs feathered in his hair and something fierce and sad in his look.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
Every now and then, the inbox would get an email from MSBB@aol.com with a song attached, something fierce or something tender, but always something from the heart.
—Holly Gleason, cleveland, 17 Mar. 2021
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“Something fierce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/something%20fierce. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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