feverish
Example Sentences
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The week started with feverish excitement as thousands of Irish fans - most of whom didn't have a ticket to the game - descended on Prague.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Before his senior year, he could become the centerpiece of a feverish bidding war between blue blood programs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Her take is a maelstrom of splendid beauty and doomed love, colliding at a feverish pace that makes the fidelity to Brontë’s book moot.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026
Neither lack for words, as they run through their grievance-filled monologues with a feverish mix of guilt and fury.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026
He surveyed the feverish eyes, then went to his son with a movement of concern.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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