FURY in a Sentence

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142 example sentences for FURY, such as:

1. He could hardly contain his fury.
2. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
3. Melanie turned on her like a small fury.
4. But the military authorities were in a fury.
5. In my fury, I dash all the dishes to the floor.

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fury
 n.  violent anger; rage; uncontrolled action; turbulence
Classic Sentence: (134 in 9 pages)
1  "I wouldn't have Cade on a silver tray," cried Scarlett in fury.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  Jonas Wilkerson, hat in hand, stood beside her, his sallow tight-skinned face hardly concealing the fury of hate that possessed him at being so unceremoniously turned out of the best overseer's job in the County.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
3  Because she hated herself, she hated them all with the fury of the thwarted and humiliated love of sixteen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  She was looking at the dirty handkerchief, and humiliation and fury were filling her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
5  Melanie turned on her like a small fury.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
6  She began yelping again shrilly and pinched Scarlett so hard she cried out in pain and fury and shook off her hand.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
7  At the thought of the kitchen, rage suddenly leaped up in Scarlett's breast, so sharply that it jabbed at her heart like a knife thrust, and fear fell away before her overpowering fury.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
8  At the sight of Ashley in rags, with an axe in his hand, her heart went out in a surge of love and of fury at fate.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
9  Now Jonas shook with a fury equal to Scarlett's and his sallow face was as red as an angry turkey gobbler's.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
10  She could not breathe; he was choking her; her stays were like a swiftly compressing band of iron; his arms about her made her shake with helpless hate and fury.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
11  She hated the impudent free negroes as much as anyone and her flesh crawled with fury every time she heard their insulting remarks and high-pitched laughter as she went by.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
12  Let others burn with fury over the Yankee rule and losing the ballot.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
13  But the military authorities were in a fury.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
14  Scarlett turned in a fury on Johnnie Gallegher and met his coldly angry gaze.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
15  The hate that enveloped the Bullock regime enveloped her too, a hate that had little fire and fury in it but much cold implacability.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
Example Sentence:
1  In my fury, I dash all the dishes to the floor.
2  Even moving on the widest hell, brave warriors still risk war fire toward in fury battle.
3  The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, screamed 'Off with her head! Off--'
4  I was obliged to stalk from the room in righteous fury.
5  Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
6  Claim yourself in defiance, in hope, in love, in fury, in gratitude.
7  He could hardly contain his fury.
8  The attack was ostensibly motivated by Pyongyang's fury over "The Interview."