That same spirit of fierce independence saw Scotland become an independent sovereign state in the Middle Ages; a status it retained until the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain, the union of England and Scotland, in 1707. (greatrail.com)
I also think this strategy has fostered fierce independence in her. (neuroanthropology.net)
The Mad Men beauty - who has recently been filming Ryan Gosling's directorial debut How To Catch A Monster in which she plays a single mother - will play the mother of a teenage boy whose fierce independence and new career is causing trouble in her marriage. (independent.ie)