Sentence examples for ferocious debates from inspiring English sources

The ruling touched off ferocious debates in statehouses around the country.

There have been ferocious debates about Favre that in many ways go beyond football.

The "Babar" series of books has long been the subject of ferocious debates about its status as a propagandistic celebration of colonialism.

In many ways the statements by Mr. Chirac and Mr. Schröder reprised the ferocious debates over Iraq that took place in the months leading to the American-led war to overthrow the government of Saddam Hussein.

"One of the most ferocious debates in my cabinet is whether we should spend part of our foreign currency reserves," he said, explaining how these reserves had more than doubled since he took office in January 2006, to about $4 billion.

With five poetry collections in the running for the final place, and six novels, Guardian books editor Claire Armitstead said the hunt this year had "provoked some ferocious debates between reviewers and authors", and that "the standard of the discussions has been a delight – proving yet again what passionately discerning readers our reviewing community are".

These are words that will spark a ferocious debate.

Fury, fulminations and ferocious debate about taste, hurt and perception.

A more ferocious debate was taking place on social networks and the internet.

Galesburg, site of a ferocious debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in 1858, has a fighting spirit.

A ferocious debate about the authorship of Shakespeare's plays permeates all layers of society.