Sentence examples for fierce threat from inspiring English sources

WASHINGTON — The commander of NATO's air campaign in Libya has said that hundreds of organized fighters loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi pose a "resilient and fierce" threat in the two remaining pro-Qaddafi strongholds, and are exploiting the urban settings to complicate the alliance's mission to protect civilians.

Rumours abound that Mr Kim may be considering another nuclear test, and North Korea has issued fierce threats over the exercises.

President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un escalated months of tensions this week, trading fierce threats and pointed insults like "rocket man" and "dotard" in high-profile addresses in two continents.

In addition, Intel faces its most fierce competitive threat ever, from Advanced Micro Devices and its Opteron and Athlon 64 chips.

The fierce, many-faceted threats of recent weeks have touched off a variety of cravings and urges, like a craving for information, understanding and certainty.

"At the same time the club expresses its support for Zúñiga, who has been subjected to fierce criticism and threats of all kinds, for a foul in play that was not malicious but unfortunate in its consequences".

Lawsuit after lawsuit is raining down on some of them, and legal threats, fierce competition but evidently also the economic downturn and the decline in digital advertising spending is forcing some companies to shut down altogether.

We have come to ask for help from the South African auto union that represents Nissan's production facilities and dealerships, because while Nissan is happy to cooperate with unions here -- as well in its home country of Japan -- the company is waging a fierce campaign of threats and intimidation in Canton, Mississippi.

For the past three days, Israel has been holding a fierce debate on the threat posed by Jewish extremists.

The fierce fighting — and the threat that it could undo a long-term truce that has greatly helped to reduce the level of violence in Iraq — thrust the war back into the headlines and the public consciousness just as it had been receding behind a tide of economic concerns.

Her threats are fierce and not altogether coherent.