How to Use furious in a Sentence

furious

adjective
  • We worked all night at a furious pace.
  • I was furious with them for printing the story.
  • She's furious at how slowly the investigation is proceeding.
  • What was the vibe of the photo shoot? PA Fast and furious!
    Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Case said furious waves tore out 30 to 40 feet of the pier.
    Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The Chiefs didn’t even need to score off of any of these calls to have fans furious.
    Andrew Joseph, The Enquirer, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The song is a furious protest aimed at a distant élite.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The rest of the band, and many Americans, were furious with Tankian.
    Jeff Cornell, Variety, 3 Sep. 2021
  • In the lobby, a young man in a headset gave me a furious look.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The city’s shelters were full, though, and Jones was furious.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The mild nose-feel gives little hint of the furious spirit soon to emerge.
    Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Those on the other side of the trade, who lost billions, were furious.
    Mark Burton, Fortune, 7 July 2022
  • Back at the library, the few adults there were furious but resigned to the library’s demise.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2022
  • Yet the public remained furious over the hostages left in Gaza.
    Dahlia Scheindlin / Tel Aviv, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Not all of it worked, but Jackson was every inch the furious monarch.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
  • The agents do not dispute that Trump was furious and exchanged tense words with one of the agents, the two people said.
    Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 28 June 2022
  • The Giants and Dodgers each have 15 games left, a furious sprint to avoid the hazards of wild-card status.
    Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The script is fast and furious, packed with jokes and references.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Shauna, furious, leads a witch hunt into the woods to find him with Mari as guide.
    Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
  • But this one video prompted a furious backlash from the right.
    The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Some top agents also seem to be furious — not with the studios but with their own clients.
    Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2023
  • Her dad was furious about The Hate U Give being in a local school.
    Melissa Giannini, ELLE, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The front office has learned that furious spending alone cannot stir in the secret sauce.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2023
  • She's called away, leaving the furious duo locked inside the room.
    Nick Schager, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The Heat bolted to a 26-point lead in the first half and withstood a furious Boston comeback.
    Paul Newberry, ajc, 28 May 2022
  • The falsehoods and half-truths flew fast and furious Friday.
    Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The backlash against Nguyen, who was born in Vietnam and moved to the United States as a child, has been furious since the posts came to light last week.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The Utes were winning big for most of this game, but Cal had a furious rally late and almost stole a win.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The Federalists were furious that Adams, in 1799, had sent a peace mission to France without consulting his party.
    Marianne Holdzkom, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Jets fans have been understandably furious this offseason after their team finished 5-12.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025

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