How to Use fierce in a Sentence

fierce

adjective

• He was killed in a fierce battle.
• The two teams have had a fierce rivalry for many years.
• You could see the fierce determination in her eyes.
• The proposal has faced fierce opposition.
• He's admired for his fierce independence.
• Zdarsky opened the hangar’s bay door, and the fierce March light flooded in.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
• That city was the site of fierce fighting over the winter.
  — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
• And across the pond, there are some fierce fashions in Paris.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
• Carter said Beryl lashed her house with fierce wind and rain.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
• The wind becomes fierce, shoving me first from the right, now from the left.
  — Taymour Soomro Scott Conarroe, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• Washington felt the throb and the pulse, the push and the tug of fierce winds on Saturday.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
• The law passed after more than a decade of fierce debate.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2022
• Romney was one of Trump’s fiercest critics over the past few years.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Sep. 2023
• The fabric that serves as the domed stadium’s roof was ripped to shreds by the fierce winds.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
• The studio nabbed the film rights to the book after a fierce bidding war, according to the source.
  — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2023
• In 1868 a group of female samurai took part in the fierce Battle of Aizu for the very soul of Japan.
  — JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
• There's a fierce debate about how to tackle the problem.
  — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 9 June 2023
• At times, the fierce debate over the film’s merits has played out on the ground at Sundance.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 29 Jan. 2025
• Their sense of injustice is so fierce, and all those things came back to me.
  — Sara Austin, ELLE, 13 Oct. 2022
• In response, Israel launched a fierce air and ground war.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
• All of Freedom Moses’s sandals are fierce, but this cool cat right here is the fiercest.
  — Barry Samaha, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2022
• With that, of course, the competition at the 2024 Grammys will be fierce.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 12 Oct. 2023
• There was a fierce dedication to the form, and the function followed.
  — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• Even the official death toll is a point of fierce debate.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2022
• The race for her seat in 2024 is set to be a fierce battle between Golden State Democrats.
  — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 17 Apr. 2023
• The fiercest of them all is Zsadist, whose edge stems from a traumatic childhood.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
• And the Bengals and Ravens have a fierce history against each other.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
• Ríos, 55, carries her father’s name and his fierce stare.
  — Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
• Peregrine falcons are one of the fiercest predators of the sky, reaching speeds of more than 180 miles per hour while in a dive, according to Britannica.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025
• Suspended in mid-air, one bird thrusts its sharp beak into the chest of its rival in a fierce display of dominance — reminiscent of a sword piercing through armor.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 12 Mar 2025