Example Sentences

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“When you talk about ‘full of crap,’ I really don’t think you’re being fair to crap,” he said, gesturing at fieriness without actually committing to it.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025

She’s done that partly by diluting some of her rhetoric and fieriness.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2022

Yet if Ali wore his fieriness like a badge of honor, he also knew how to charm and disarm with humor.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2021

He told of his long bid to manage his own fieriness, of taming it too much, of finding a balance.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2016

The fieriness of Mr. Tyrrel brought Mr. Falkland to his recollection.

From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William