Mac had never known such fierce independence in anyone before.

To be sure, the fierce independence of the choths makes central government in the usual human sense impossible.

How to explain the fierce independence of people like Grandam and my mother?

She smiled at his fierce independence, knowing that was exactly what she wanted to see.

Breaker boys were known for their fierce independence and rejection of adult authority.

She ran the organization with fierce independence, vowing never to sell air time to religious organizations.

He was cast from the same metal as the mountain lords and shared their fierce independence of spirit.

Mallory was beginning to see where Kirk's fierce independence had come from.

This leads, in some cases, to a fierce independence.

In the 1980's Madonna embodied sexual empowerment and fierce independence.