Sentence examples for almost as fierce from inspiring English sources

Even before the sun set, another gun battle broke out, almost as fierce as the first one.

But Tuesday's announcement will also probably fan the flames of a rivalry that is almost as fierce.

In Malaysia, the interest borders on obsession and club rivalries are almost as fierce as on the terraces of faraway English grounds.

The US Olympic trials are notoriously difficult, with competition for places in some athletics and swimming events almost as fierce as the Olympics themselves.

The debate about what to call Islamic State has been almost as fierce as the row about whether to bomb the militants.

Two recently mined road-bridges were under repair.Nearing the arms-making town of Darra Adam Khel, which is inhabited by Afridis, whom the British considered almost as fierce as the Waziristanis, the convoy accelerated again.

His competition is nearly as fierce.

He became almost as well known for his fierce rivalry with Pauline Kael, a prominent film critic who lampooned auteur theory, as he was for his discerning and acerbic commentary.

But fierce opposition erupted almost as soon as the law was passed on Dec. 22.

Quiet and restrained in the beginning, he tightens his facial muscles, becoming as fierce as he was in "Get Carter," almost forty years ago.

It will mean persuading states BJP-led onestates BJP-ledch as thones such almostt Bengas, run by fierce opponents—to strike a deal at last on tax.