feverish
Example Sentences
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Beyond paintings, objects with unique back stories including dinosaur bones and sports memorabilia also saw feverish bidding.
And while her work is animated by a feverish restlessness, it’s remarkable how consistent and inimitable her artistry remained over three quarters of a century.
Tearful, feverish, and scratching, she had to explain to her teacher why “Damp and Spooky: The Depiction of Grottos in Ominous Landscapes” would not be handed in on time.
From Literature
During a speaking tour of America, Charles Dickens registered his disgust at the signs and handbills he saw promoting this feverish trade nearly everywhere he went.
New Theater Hollywood, she says, is an attempt to marry the rigor and civic engagement of German theater with Hollywood’s feverish pursuit of charisma.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
