How to Use fiercely in a Sentence

fiercely

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  • Raised in Brooklyn, he is widely seen as a hard worker and fiercely loyal to Trump.
    Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Lysander is on the spectrum, a man who is seen as cold or calculating by outsiders but whose heart is kind and fiercely loyal.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Both are 0-1 in the Trinity League and will fight fiercely to get to 1-1.
    Michael Huntley, Orange County Register, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Could there be any stronger indication that the party’s voter base is fiercely loyal to Trump?
    Richard Galant, CNN, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Even the most fiercely independent among us still require the occasional hug or ride to the airport (or box of donuts).
    Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Fighting it out in the fiercely competitive EV segment will also be tough.
    Megha Mandavia, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Ryan was beloved by the hospital staff and fiercely protected and cared for by Dr. Kleiman, who became a friend and father figure to the boy.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Many of the apes remain fiercely loyal to AMC, even though the company’s management has largely bailed out.
    Jason Zweig, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The provision was fiercely opposed by American Catholic bishops, and Mr. Biden tried to make the bishops’ case.
    New York Times, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Amid the fiercely competitive streaming wars, Paramount has assumed an aggressive posture.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Since first airing in the United States last September, the series has managed to corral an eclectic and fiercely loyal audience.
    Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022
  • While Norwegians are fiercely independent and value personal freedom, there’s an equally strong commitment to the common good.
    Anders Indset, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The video shows two large bears battling fiercely in a snowy forest.
    Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Elders here are fiercely loved, cared for, and listened to.
    Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Charles’s wife, Marcelle (Amy Resnick), is fiercely opposed to a move — at first.
    Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Both the school and Pharus struggle with how the fiercely flamboyant student fits in.
    Lee Williams, oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The people who love it, though, fiercely advocate for it, and Chu is among them.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Brero opened Alp in 1989, and fiercely defended his turf.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
  • But don’t expect any of that to dampen the spirits of their fiercely loyal fan base.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Over the course of the minute-and-a-half trailer, Mirren and Ford fiercely defend their home from Whitfield, who wants to own the whole valley.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2022
  • And, of course, our cities glow fiercely from just a few hundred kilometers above.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Love and support him fiercely through this important stage of his life.
    Amy Dickinson, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Inside those few minutes, the winds blew quickly and fiercely.
    The Indianapolis Star, 8 Nov. 2022
  • And she's been that fiercely protective of her union to the Groupe Artémis president ever since.
    Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
  • There isn’t a writer in any part of the world who is worshiped as fiercely by his own people as Rabindranath Tagore is by the Bengalis.
    Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
  • For someone so fiercely protective of the spies in his charge, Lamb seems unperturbed by the younger Cartwright’s death.
    Hayden Mears, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The war rages fiercely with heavy casualties on both sides but little movement in the front lines.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The film takes us inside the lives of a group of strong, fiercely loyal, and whip smart friends living in a small Louisiana parish.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 2 May 2024
  • But back then, Weber saw him as fun, charming, and fiercely loyal.
    BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
  • Harpster is at once fiercely proud of his program and at the same time possessive of the data behind it.
    Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 28 Dec. 2022

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