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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• The music, the words, the Warhol, the attitude, the androgyny, the fragility, the ferocity.
  — Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
• Davis shows us the pain and pride fueling the ferocity.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2021
• And warming is hitting the Arctic with more ferocity than the rest of the planet.
  — Wired, 25 Sep. 2019
• Both plays had a similar design, schemed up with the same goal in mind: use the Colts speed and ferocity against them.
  — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Dec. 2020
• There’s a fine line when the car will hook up, just on the edge of wheelspin, and huck itself out of the gate with maximum ferocity.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 13 Nov. 2018
• But experts say the ferocity and scale of this downturn could end up leading to more of an ice age.
  — Julian Mark and Gerrit De Vynck, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2022
• The ferocity of the 4 Nations tourney has turned the concept of a bloodless, anodyne All-Star break on its ear.
  — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Feb. 2025
• Almost anyone of strong heart can blitz to 60 or more once accustomed to the sheer ferocity.
  — Mark Ewing, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025