She turned on Hoskins with a kind of controlled ferocity.

"Just a figure of speech," he said, blinking a little at her controlled ferocity.

Jane, played with controlled ferocity by Amy Madigan, is the heroine determined to hang onto the ranch her father left her.

Elaine felt something solid and reassuring in his controlled ferocity.

Terese Capucilli, as the protagonist conquering the symbol of sexual fear, fought off Young-Ha Yoo's bull figure, marvelously aggressive in quality, with her astonishing controlled ferocity.

Miss Highsmith is a writer of intense subtlety... She probes to the very core of her heroine with a controlled ferocity and single-mindedness that illuminates every page of the novel.

He came up to her, and she saw his expression of controlled ferocity at close quarters.

Mr. Varone's "Peak Sacred" also emphasized ensemble patterns, performed with controlled ferocity by 10 dancers to music by Glen Branca.

There was a force and anger to her that was of such controlled ferocity that Si Cwan was taken aback.

She admired the keenness in his eyes, the controlled ferocity in his voice.