feverishness

Example Sentences

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Expectant/wannabe moms in particular may want to wait until they’re in the full thick of the “suck, swaddle and swing” before diving into this extreme take on a relatable feverishness.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2023

But his story had none of the feverishness of the previous night.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2020

There was a feverishness to the way women were telling them — as if it had just occurred to them how lonely they’d felt.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2018

It’s an exercise in feverishness and fretfulness, in urgency and appetite, a sweet and simpleminded leave-taking of the senses in the pursuit of, well, a lot.

From Time • Feb. 6, 2014

"Remember, Sir, you said it was only feverishness."

From Daisy Burns (Volume 1) by Kavanagh, Julia