perfervid
Example Sentences
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Two young saxophonists of bright, perfervid attack and deep assurance, Richardson, 39, and Wilkins, 22, have a lot in common.
From New York Times
Mainstream pundits and politicians continue to obsess over the stereotype of the "Bernie Bro," a perfervid horde of Bernie Sanders supporters who supposedly stop at nothing to harass his opponents online.
From Salon
McLean is an adroit alto saxophonist with a perfervid delivery who, despite a distinguished family line, has not enjoyed the kind of sustained critical attention that his peers might tell you he deserves.
From New York Times
A 1975 New York Times review described reading it as “like being trapped at a cocktail party with a normal‐looking fellow who suddenly starts a perfervid racist diatribe.”
From New York Times
Elon Musk, one of NASA's suppliers in the brave new privatized world, is perfervid about building a Mars colony.
From Salon
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