febrile

Example Sentences

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A pumped-up Volkanovski, a former rugby league player, basked in the adoration of the febrile 20,000-person crowd at Qudos Bank Arena in his first world title defence on Australian soil.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

The revs are but an airy figment in your febrile mind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

HHV-6B infects roughly 90 percent of children by age two and is best known for causing roseola infantum -- or "sixth disease" -- the most common cause of febrile seizures in young children.

From Science Daily • Jan. 7, 2026

Finally, after a frenetic afternoon in a febrile New York, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry felt the love as they celebrated earning a point which edged Europe closer to a seismic Ryder Cup away win.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

She had no illusions: old plans, if one could ever remember them, the plans that time had overtaken, tended to have a febrile and overoptimistic grip on events.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan