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

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

The final round had both swinging for the rafters and the crowd rose to their feet in feverish anticipation.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

He could not be sure how long they had ridden, for he lapsed often into feverish dreams.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander