How to Use ferocious in a Sentence

ferocious

adjective
  • A ferocious wind swept the beach.
  • The competition among the students was ferocious.
  • Both fish are famed for their sharp teeth and ferocious bites.
    — Robin Wright, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
  • Just a big ferocious ball of meat, claws, and teeth.
    — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • But she got caught in a ferocious storm and had to be rescued.
    — Katharine Q. Seelye, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2020
  • Here are five ferocious trims to look for in the coming year.
    — Josh Max, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The boys seem so tiny, the crowd so giant and ferocious.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2025
  • In the background stands a ferocious beast with the bulk of a bear but the face of a big cat.
    — Hari Kunzru, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022
  • Storms can be sudden and ferocious, dumping up to a foot of snow.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2021
  • All hail this ardent, ferocious, baroque, bonkers bard.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But nobody is just strong and ferocious, and nobody is just a saint.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
  • But nobody is just strong and ferocious, and nobody is just a saint.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The build takes what was already a ferocious coupé and adds even more power to the mix.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 July 2023
  • Sanogo did most of the heavy lifting, capping the run with a ferocious dunk.
    — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Her mother could stop a ferocious predator in its tracks!
    — Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
  • These zombies are slow when the sun’s out, but much more ferocious and quick when nightfall sets in.
    — Brittany Vincent, BGR, 31 Oct. 2021
  • So all of us were just young and hungry and had the energy to be ferocious.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The pop-punk style of the most ferocious parts of the first two albums is gone, as promised… but the rock isn’t.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 June 2026
  • Tuesday night left his bat at 118 mph with a ferocious crack.
    — Greg Beacham, Star Tribune, 6 Oct. 2020
  • With demand so ferocious, a second show was added.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The Seahawks have a ferocious pass rush.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Yes, in the past, the media glare in that job has been ferocious — but that is not the case in quite the same way now.
    — The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Zep Jasper was on the perimeter as Smith skied for the ferocious dunk.
    — Nubyjas Wilborn | [email protected], al, 19 Mar. 2022
  • As a ferocious storm batters the building, a bumper crowd settles in for the show.
    — Richard Kuipers, Variety, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Nowhere has the fight been more ferocious than at Lake Powell.
    — jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Winds were not expected to reach the ferocious speeds that helped the blaze explode in size last week.
    — Christopher Weber and Jonathan J. Cooper, chicagotribune.com, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Now the Giants should have one of the league’s most ferocious pass rushes.
    — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Her Tashi is all length — long arms, long legs, long braid — with a ferocious little chin set in anger.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024
  • One that is cool to the touch, sturdy, and can spin like a windmill during a ferocious game of flip cup.
    — Danielle Bernabe, Fortune, 14 June 2021
  • At least 17 people have died in wave of ferocious storms that have rolled across the state in the last two weeks.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023

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