Talarico looked at her and responded fiercely, "If he didn't, you would be in a minority.

There have been other signs that the Government is responding fiercely to perceived slights in the press.

When he'd awakened to find her on top of him, he'd responded fiercely.

He responded fiercely to her; all it took was one glance at her to stir feelings in him he couldn't explain.

The sugar lobby is accustomed to responding fiercely to challenges, but those victories are harder to come by these days.

'One or two of them taunted her about Grianan, but she always responded fiercely,' says Nuala.

If America was attacked, we would have to respond swiftly and fiercely.

And then responded fiercely, and won with generosity.

"So I do," I responded fiercely, and went on.

The Vatican responded fiercely, calling into question the legality of some Israeli retaliatory attacks against Palestinians.