Sentence examples for fierce point from inspiring English sources

New York is, or was, known for its fierce point guards.

The very definition soon became a fierce point of contention since each side knew the import of the symbolism.

Libya was a particularly fierce point of pride, where the bombing campaign did halt an anticipated massacre of rebels, in contrast to the Bosnian wars, when United Nations troops were unable to stop the killings of 7,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica.Mr.

Libya was a particularly fierce point of pride, where the bombing campaign did halt an anticipated massacre of rebels, in contrast to the Bosnian wars, when United Nations troops were unable to stop the killings of 7,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica.

Mr. Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff and a veteran practitioner of campaign imagery and messaging, found himself in a packed basement meeting room here, required to answer — under oath — a long day of fierce, pointed, personal, sometimes peculiar questions from Chicagoans who believe he should not be allowed to run for mayor.

As for Pastor himself, Lillian Russell wrote in her autobiography: "He was a little general.... His hair was black, so was his mustache which was waxed and rolled into straight, fierce points.... Tony Pastor was always dressed with exquisite taste, whatever time or place you found him.

This affecting, low-key show by the former Y.B.A. -- the appellation she shared with other provocative, once young British artists like Sarah Lucas and Damien Hirst -- plays up her vulnerable side, but it also makes a fierce feminist point.

The dour yet rhetorical, atonal yet theme-driven Krenek symphony had some beautiful textural ideas, especially in its middle movement as well as at its faintly Bartokian start, and this performance brought the last movement to a fierce high point, in a long unaccompanied melody for all the violins.

Every time the earth trembles along one of Turkey's fault lines, there is fierce finger-pointing that exposes the deep fissures in Turkish society.

And with the recent convergence of scientific discovery, policy breakthroughs and fierce advocacy pointing us toward that day like never before, this is not just our mandate but our imperative.

In both cities, which were relative oases of calm until that point, fierce fighting has continued ever since.