How to Use ferocity in a Sentence

ferocity

noun
  • We were stunned by the ferocity of the storm.
  • The ferocity of the winds sent embers swirling through the air.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The first one arrived with a muted ferocity, hit the back of my head, and fell to the floor with a thud.
    — The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The team also found that the amount of food impacted the ferocity of the bouts.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2020
  • No fan base fights through all the L's with such ferocity.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
  • The altar boy who might charm the nuns could take on ferocities.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 7 May 2018
  • The ferocity of the storm was unlike that of any the region has seen, Poloncarz said.
    — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2022
  • The summer brought fires of rare ferocity that leveled the town of Greenville.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Gusty winds will move in with the front on Sunday, but the ferocity of the winds speed is dependent on if the low tracks up the coast.
    — Judson Jones, CNN, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Harbaugh has lessened the amount and the ferocity of the smacking.
    — Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Both the ferocity of the backlash to the Fed’s ethics dilemma and the speed of the review might have owed in part to the sensitive timing.
    — New York Times, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Tony played with a ferocity this game very rarely does see.
    — Stephen Fishbach, PEOPLE.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Rock and funk will battle it out with the ferocity of a hockey brawl.
    — Detroit Free Press, 13 Apr. 2018
  • At the trial — Juliet was 15 and Pauline was 16 — the details of the ferocity of the killing sent shock waves around New Zealand.
    — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The ferocity of the delivery sells the message better than the words do.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Did the Vikings match that ferocity at any other point in the season?
    — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Seasoned observers of Iran have been stunned by the ferocity, speed and scope of these protests.
    — Marc Lynch, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2018
  • Just how many attacks are launched, and with what ferocity, is one key thing to watch.
    — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 26 June 2019
  • So what took so long for such a massive man to play with more ferocity?
    — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 1 Oct. 2019
  • The view from the International Space Station gives a sense of the scale and ferocity of the storm.
    — Johnny Simon, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Still, the winds were so strong that nearby flags blew with ferocity, and the kick would have been going into the wind.
    — Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2024
  • So when the protests burst onto the streets this month, some were surprised at their ferocity.
    — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 21 June 2019
  • Hochul said the scale of the storm will be worse than the famous blizzard of 1977 in its intensity and ferocity of the winds.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2022
  • At the far end of the gallery hangs a suite of small, square and tranquil seascapes, but their mood is hardly enough to calm the show’s overall ferocity.
    — Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021
  • And in this painting, the marbled feel of the satellites lends a kind of molten ferocity—this was a race, after all.
    — Grace Edquist, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
  • His teams no longer play with the ferocity and commitment of years gone by.
    — SI.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • His was the only door open, save the doors of his mind which were opening and closing with the ferocity of mystery.
    — Riley Van Steward, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • In India, the ferocity of the second wave left hospitals too full to treat the sick.
    — Washington Post, 17 June 2021
  • It wasn’t quite blocked that way, but emotionally Jake, the ferocity of him protecting his friend.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The encounter – with the Bucks needing a victory to keep their season alive – was played with the ferocity of a do-or-die game, with nothing to separate the two after 48 minutes.
    — Ben Morse, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025

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