Sentence examples for fierce weeks from inspiring English sources

After fighting their way from the Kuwaiti border to Saddam International Airport in three fierce weeks, they believed that the war -- or at least their part of it -- was over.

The fierce week-long street battles in the commercial capital Abidjan has caused serious shortages of food and water, with most residents too afraid to leave their homes.

Rivalries between the teams are also expected to become fierce in weeks ahead.

In normal times, the fact that the Democratic primary has apparently come down to two candidates competing for a nomination that has historically been tantamount to winning the mayoralty itself would presage a fierce two weeks of campaigning.

GAZA -- Seven months after Israel launched a fierce three-week military campaign here to stop rockets from being fired on its southern communities, Hamas has suspended its use of rockets and shifted focus to winning support at home and abroad through cultural initiatives and public relations.

Most deploy from Damascus, where fighting has been so fierce in recent weeks that aid workers have occasionally been instructed not to leave their houses.

No official figures have been released about those being held after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's hometown, but scores of regime loyalists and foreign mercenaries, including sub-Saharan Africans from neighbouring countries, had maintained fierce resistance for weeks, raising fears of a prolonged insurgency that could destabilise the revolution.

QUOTATION of the Week "Fierce is a term that comes to mind immediately".

With fierce competition every week both domestically and in Europe, Wood admits a player's loyalty to his club can be an overriding factor, regardless of whether there is a World Cup on the horizon.

The tank man had died in a fierce battle a week earlier outside the terminal.

All the previous week, fierce clashes had hit the northern city of Tripoli, following the apparently unlawful arrest of a Salafi activist.