She spoke in a low, unexpectedly fierce voice.

The 29th and 30th regiments of the division, supported by the division's artillery regiment, put up unexpectedly fierce resistance.

The hrethgir put up an unexpectedly fierce defense and were surprisingly willing to sacrifice their city rather than let the shield generators fall.

There are dozens of wounded soldiers here in northern Israel's main hospital, and all seem to have stories of unexpectedly fierce ground battles with Hezbollah.

Adolf Hitler had hoped to conquer the country in just one day, but his forces met unexpectedly fierce resistance.

Left unsupported, Sprague's forces put up an unexpectedly fierce fight in which Evans played a starring role.

Debt challenge The incident immediately became headline news, not least because of the unexpectedly fierce resistance by the farmer's family.

But the military's change of tactics may also be because it has made slow progress in the face of unexpectedly fierce resistance from the foreign militants.

The Israeli response was predictably swift, if unexpectedly fierce.

He grabbed at her hand, his fingers unexpectedly fierce.