Adjective, : fierce animals; a fierce look. ,fierce winds. ,fierce competition. ,a fierce cold. From Dictionary.com.
The fiercest was his long residence as a sort of royal prisoner in Scotland. From Wordnik.com. [The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1] Reference
Redesdale were known as the fiercest and most lawless in all that wild district. From Wordnik.com. [Northumberland Yesterday and To-day] Reference
Bujumbura, described as the fiercest since the outbreak of the decade-long civil war. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The storm was described as the fiercest to hit the country in living memory, and thankfully Scotland has seen nothing like it since. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Your ancestors would be proud to know that you will forever be known as the fiercest emasculated warriors in the history of Native America. From Wordnik.com. [legitgov] Reference
Not from the blood in fiercest battle shed. From Wordnik.com. [Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country] Reference
Is clothed in fiercest crimson -- kingly shroud. From Wordnik.com. [Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. I. I. Norman Maurice, a Tragedy; II. Atalantis, a Tale of the Sea; III. Tales and Traditions of the South; IV. The City of the Silent] Reference
Invariably, by friend and enemy alike, the English are described as the fiercest people in all Europe (the English wild beasts. From Wordnik.com. [The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3)] Reference
When the Longobards are first mentioned by Latin historians they are described as the fiercest of the German barbarians (Velleius. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
"fiercest," proven by its creativity and innovations in the marketplace. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
8. lion's whelps -- literally, "the sons of pride," that is, the fiercest beasts. passed -- The Hebrew implies the proud gait of the lion. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
No one, not even his fiercest rivals, would dispute that. From Wordnik.com. [Last Of His Kind] Reference
The fiercest resistance to such reforms comes from Europe. From Wordnik.com. [What Bush Got Right] Reference
It's badly hurt by the loss of Joe Papp, its fiercest warrior. From Wordnik.com. [Requiem For A Heavyweight] Reference
It was the fiercest lobbying war in EU history, and a successful one. From Wordnik.com. [Real Wheeling and Dealing in Brussels] Reference
Its fiercest opponent, the Northern Alliance, will move on the capital. From Wordnik.com. [Next: 'Nation-Building Lite'] Reference
These failings have sparked Japan's fiercest political debate in years. From Wordnik.com. [Rebel With A Cause] Reference
That said, today's debate is fiercest within -- not between -- families. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Koreas] Reference
But they must subordinate even the fiercest rivalries to the game itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Pickup Game As a Model for Peace?] Reference
Montreal-based Bombardier has traditionally been Embraer's fiercest rival. From Wordnik.com. [Embraer to Decide Future of Commercial Jet Program] Reference
Some of Bush's fiercest opponents in Congress are members of his own party. From Wordnik.com. [The Border War] Reference
For the Lightning 2, the fiercest battles ahead won't be fought in the air. From Wordnik.com. [The $93 Billion Dogfight] Reference
Even the fiercest critics concede that the secretary-general's job is all but impossible. From Wordnik.com. [Many Unhappy Returns] Reference
Now it looks like CAA's turn to discover if it can remain top dog without its fiercest tiger. From Wordnik.com. [Knives Out Over Hollywood] Reference
Caro's as good as his word: not even his fiercest critics have ever accused him of being dull. From Wordnik.com. [Books: The Middle Of The Journey] Reference
It is an image that will melt the hearts of even the prime minister's fiercest political enemies. From Wordnik.com. [Camerons release first pictures of newborn daughter Florence] Reference
Yet there's a statue at Gettysburg honoring the fiercest enemy of the United States at that time. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Cesca: Ground Zero Mosque Opponents Have A Lot of Work To Do] Reference
More importantly, it opened the Shanahan era with a win over one of the Redskins 'fiercest rivals. From Wordnik.com. [Washington Redskins season gets off to a golden start with win over Dallas Cowboys] Reference
"We have a debt situation that makes even the fiercest supply-sider a bit nervous," Mr. Weber says. From Wordnik.com. [Parsing an Ascendant GOP's Economic Prescriptions] Reference
And it is perhaps fitting that this fiercest battle is not over health issues but over information. From Wordnik.com. [Heavy Meddling] Reference
FARAI CHIDEYA, host: Now, I'd like to introduce one of the fiercest female singers on the R&B scene. From Wordnik.com. [Singer Ledisi Was 'Lost' but Now Is 'Found'] Reference
The Warsaw UprisingIt was the fiercest single act of resistance against the Nazis in Occupied Europe. From Wordnik.com. [Old Scars, New Squabbles] Reference
In part, the fact that he had been the fiercest of cold warriors, a lieutenant to Joseph McCarthy himself. From Wordnik.com. [Candidates Should Never Flip-Flop] Reference
At first, my fiercest voice squeaked: "Hey, you don't have permission to be in my pool; you have to the count of 10.". From Wordnik.com. [Summertime And Litigiousness Is Easy] Reference
But these fights took place decades ago; the battle between Clinton and Obama supporters is clearly the fiercest in a generation. From Wordnik.com. [The Deep Blue Divide] Reference
While we saw some of the fiercest combat of the Iraq war together, my platoon was never attacked inside the town we called a home. From Wordnik.com. [Zachary J. Iscol: Don't turn the page on our translators] Reference
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