Words similar to fierce

Example sentences for: fierce

How can you use “fierce” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The fierce competition among the dictionaries results in what must be regarded as the greatest book bargain in the history of publishing: taking the Random House Webster's as a typical example, it contains 18 million characters (say, 2.5 million words) for which one pays $18, which works out to about 139,000 words per dollar.
But neither of these overwrought images of fierce division captures today's more complex reality.
much anymore, and that's mainly because the fierce competition for long-distance customers has driven prices inexorably down.
As a tragically repressed and alcoholic small-town cop, Nolte conveys a "fierce, anguished intensity" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). Critics say Schrader's style is a perfect match for Russell Banks' novel, and that the director "has hit, in this exquisitely shaped, paced, painted, and edited production, a new, deep level of artistry" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly ). Only complaint: The voice-over narration by Willem Dafoe (as Nolte's brother) is a bit stilted and portentous.
After years of fierce armed struggle for trading posts around Hudson Bay and lakes Winnipeg and Superior, the Nor’westers threw in their lot with the H.B.C.