| In this category of minor classics are some books and authors who have truly ferocious secret admirers. |
| The trio presented witty, rude, clever songs, mostly delivered at a ferocious pace. |
| Threats of a ferocious US-led assault on Afghanistan forced relief agencies to pull out. |
| Playing against the wind now, the Bulldogs faced a ferocious assault by the visitors, determined to make up the leeway. |
| Whole neighborhoods and districts were leveled in ferocious street fighting with tanks, rockets, and artillery. |
| Goodwin's stand-down came in the wake of an even more ferocious academic scandal. |
