An overtaxed patience gives way to fierce anger. From LearnThat.org. [Publilius Syrus (fl. 1st Cent. BC-).]
fierce loyalty. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Grey was at his computer, his expression fierce as his fingers flew over the keyboard. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Warrior Untamed] Reference
He swung around to face her, his expression fierce. From Wordnik.com. [The Devil Wears Plaid] Reference
You know, 40 years ago, Dr. King challenged America to act on what he called the fierce urgency of now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2007] Reference
Your love which set this wretch in fierce affright. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
"Not on your life," Billy growled in fierce affirmation. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
Vivid and fierce is a very good way of describing her writing. From Wordnik.com. [Bad Blood « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
His eye was large and dark, the expression fierce and commanding. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
Jett was listening intently, his expression fierce, as she went on. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Blood]
Round they go in fierce gallop, bulls and horsemen, amidst the cries and shouts of the spectators. From Wordnik.com. [Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country] Reference
Hall's wife had disappeared in the spring of 1992 after what the neighbours described as a fierce row. From Wordnik.com. [The Jigsaw Man]
Burgess paints in short, fierce brushstrokes, a sanguinary impasto that sometimes mires in incoherence. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
During soft market periods, insurance companies engage in fierce competition for premium dollars to invest. From Wordnik.com. [Joanne Doroshow: Here's Really Why Your Insurance Rates Go Up - and Then Don't] Reference
This anti-government feeling has driven the so-called tea party movement, reflected in fierce protests this past week. From Wordnik.com. [4 Out of 5 Americans Distrust Washington According to Pew Poll | Impact Lab] Reference
The Eastern council, after consuming four days in fierce and unavailing debate, separated without any definitive conclusion. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
But with intense competition for customers resulting in fierce discounting battles among stores, inflation isn't as welcome now. From Wordnik.com. [Dilemma Over Pricing] Reference
By Tuesday afternoon, as U.S. forces and Iraqi rebels engaged in fierce clashes in the heart of his neighborhood, Hussein snapped. From Wordnik.com. [11/15/2004] Reference
It bore no resemblance to any corvid that had ever lived, but somehow the lines managed to convey an expression of fierce intelligence. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Lite II: Overbite] Reference
The people of Northumberland rose in fierce rebellion against William, and he in as fierce anger marched against them with his soldiers. From Wordnik.com. [An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls] Reference
Of course, the renowned poet was referring to the fierce fight against old age and death, not to women and beauty—yet his words are apt. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Skin Beauty] Reference
Recently, Project Runway winner - and purveyor of the word "fierce". From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference
I remind them what Dr. King called the fierce urgency of now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 15, 2008] Reference
I'm running because of what Dr. King called the fierce urgency of now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 2, 2008] Reference
I decided to run because of what Dr. King called the fierce urgency of now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 4, 2008] Reference
Emanuel is known as a fierce competitor, who strikes back - hard - when hit. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories]
He understands what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called the fierce urgency of now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2008] Reference
Or it recalls the fierce and bloody contentions between Demos and Oligarchy in an old. From Wordnik.com. [Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre] Reference
Next, the economy and what Barack Obama himself might call the fierce urgency of now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2009] Reference
His thesis recalls the fierce arguments over the Eames-Bradley Consultative Group on the Past. From Wordnik.com. [Slugger O'Toole] Reference
Achilles is described as fierce to both, because he quarrelled with Agamemnon about a captive. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor] Reference
And what I've explained to people is, I believe in what Dr. King called the fierce urgency of now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2008] Reference
I am running because of what Dr. King called the fierce urgency of now, the fierce urgency of now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2008] Reference
She would have given much to recall her fierce retort then, for after all, it was true that she was not the only one hit. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
"I'm running because of what Dr. King called the fierce urgency of now," he said after winning the Wisconsin primary earlier this year. From Wordnik.com. [President-Elect Obama] Reference
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