Sentence examples for had been ferocious from inspiring English sources

Players before Robinson had been ferocious on the base paths — Ty Cobb, in particular — and later players, like Maury Wills and Rickey Henderson, ran faster than Robinson, who had a pigeon-toed stride, his arms and shoulders churning the air.

Ian Bitcon, area manager for WYFRS, said the fire had been ferocious.

The two bureaucracies have been ferocious rivals.

The spread of the HIV epidemic in India has been ferocious in recent years [World Health Organisation, 2000.

The fighting between the two sides has been ferocious.

Dispute over schizophrenia's genetic basis has been ferocious.

The lobbying has been ferocious, the media blitz of anti-deal television ads sometimes apocalyptic.

The guest booking wars "have been ferocious," said Piers Morgan, the CNN anchor.

But Intuit's opposition to return-free filing has been ferocious.

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

Since late May, the shelling from both sides of the line has been ferocious.