feverous

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Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is taking home a gold medal in the Paris Olympic Games, defeating China’s Yang Liu in the welterweight category after feverous attacks on her gender.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2024

It was a 6-on-4 for the Rangers, whose feverous push to force overtime wouldn’t be denied.

From Washington Post • May 8, 2012

O, I do fear thee, Claudio; and I quake, Lest thou a feverous life shouldst entertain, And six or seven winters more respect 337 Than a perpetual honour.

From Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge

Can, can it be That God has bent once more, and with cool touch Dispelled the feverous mists?

From Mr. Faust by Ficke, Arthur Davison

There was no pose she took, no move she made, But all the feverous, love-envenomed flesh Wrapped round as in the gladiator's mesh And smote as with his triple-forked blade.

From Poems by Seeger, Alan