adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a furious row
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She left the party after a furious row with her boyfriend.
a furious/fierce argument
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As soon as she had gone a furious argument broke out.
an angry/furious expression
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Her angry expression turned to one of utter despair.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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Liz would only be more furious when she caught her.
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That made them even more furious , that I would know I could do this.
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Three more times, harder and more furious with each blow.
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Wong is more furious than motorists.
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When Stirling found out about the plan in which his unit was to be involved, he was even more furious .
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In the latter 1850s the dispute grew louder and more furious .
so
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She was so furious that she forgot that he had first asked for her trust.
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He looked so furious that she flinched, momentarily convinced that he was going to strike her.
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Fabia went up to her room unable to find any reason why he should have looked so furious .
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Jess is so furious with her evil pimp of a brother that she reports him to the police.
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I was just so furious that I swept out in high dudgeon.
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That was why the Dean was so furious with me.
still
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Conner is still furious about losing Tuesday's protest.
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She was still furious with Naylor.
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The invisible flutter and swoop of black creatures, still furious with the woman who had once banished them.
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Steven, still furious , wouldn't meet Jean's eye.
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Angie is lonely and still furious at husband Sean for cheating on her with Lady Tara.
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Sly reckoned he had convinced the girl and the huge hippy but the tough one was obviously still furious .
■ NOUN
argument
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Such a sanguine conclusion may seem odd at a time when furious arguments are no doubt raging behind the scenes.
debate
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However, the leak has precipitated a furious debate in the corridors of the Vatican, and among senior Catholic officials.
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After furious debate , the legislature defeated the bill.
face
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A furious face jams itself up against mine.
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He stared into her pale furious face for a long time.
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Becky pushed her chair back from the table, tilting it to get away from Nadine's furious face .
pace
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The facts are that within a decade of the Vienna Congress, nationalism was gathering furious pace .
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Both major parties raised soft money at a furious pace in 1995 and 1996, each gathering more than $ 100 million.
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The stage hands grumbled at the furious pace they were expected to work.
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Small banks are also merging at a furious pace , a trend expected to continue in 1996.
row
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After it was extinguished by ground staff, a furious row then ensued between the referee and our lads.
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The overweight 45year-old was believed to have suffocated her 65-year-old victim during a furious row .
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It followed a furious row on Saturday morning.
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Again there was a furious row .
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These telephone calls provoke long and furious rows between Mr Smith and his second wife.
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A furious row broke out last night over who should film the happy couple outside tiny Crathie church.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fast and furious
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The following round of questions for the President was fast and furious.
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With elections about a year away, proposals for tax cuts are coming fast and furious.
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From that point on, the primaries come fast and furious.
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Gatien won a fast and furious men's final over 17-21 21-14 17-21 21-18.
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Inside the fence on the main court, the atmosphere is fast and furious and hot and colorful.
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New labels and executive changes are coming fast and furious, including a new indie formed by Neil Young and his manager.
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Play around the centre spot was fast and furious, though the ground was in total darkness everywhere else.
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The drive from Dundalk was fast and furious, largely because Jessica was late.
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The work was fast and furious; working up in the top of buildings in January and February made this easy.
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Word of what he done would spread fast and furious among that club.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A furious argument was taking place outside the pub.
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A furious clerk chased the children out of the store.
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Don't tell Jan I read her letter -- she'll be furious .
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Gina was furious with him for leaving the baby alone in the house.
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I've never been so furious in all my life.
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The Huskies made a furious comeback in the second half.
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The new import laws have provoked furious complaints from business groups.
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Tony was furious when Bobbie admitted the truth.
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Walter came home furious at something his boss had said.
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Williams got a call that day from a furious Larry Parnes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Ada clutched me to her bosom and turned her furious back on the door.
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But on the other hand, I was furious .
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He had sudden outbursts of furious anger which were always fatal to the often innocent objects.
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Her accusation in front of her family had made him coldly furious , she realised with a jolt.
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It was a harrowing din, a cascade of furious voices merged into a single pulsating shout.
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Not surprisingly, they were furious .