He wants to find a villain, and punish him, and the villain appears about that time, and makes no resistance, and is beaten to great applause, finally shrinking away while the other fellow looks ferociously at him, but it is not that way in real life.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
There were men of all ranks of the land and sea forces, clean-shaven and boyish, ferociously moustached and obscured by short, truculent beards.
"Command"
William McFee
"I have long thought so," said the chief, scowling ferociously at the recollection of the indignity he had suffered the previous night, held at the muzzle of the trader's pistol.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford