feverish

Example Sentences

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But he didn’t have the expressive variety to make the horror of Hercules’ death scene match lines like “Along my feverish veins, like liquid fire, the subtle poison hastes.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 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

As well as drawing an unprecedented amount of attention and resources to the search for her mother, it has also inspired feverish speculation and given rise to a string of false leads.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 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

Mattie and Fern were ashen heaps, feverish on the floor.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson