feverous

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is taking home a gold medal in the Paris Olympic Games, defeating China’s Yang Liu in the welterweight category after feverous attacks on her gender.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2024

It was a 6-on-4 for the Rangers, whose feverous push to force overtime wouldn’t be denied.

From Washington Post • May 8, 2012

O, I do fear thy courage, Claudio; and I quake Lest thou a feverous life should'st entertain, And six or seven winters more respect Than a perpetual honor.

From Shakspere, Personal Recollections by Joyce, John A.

Gazing forth from a beach of Dia the billow-resounding, Look'd on a vanish'd fleet, on Theseus quickly departing, Restless in unquell'd passion, a feverous heart, Ariadne.

From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson

Not the milk of human kindness, but the feverous blood of savage ferocity, seemed to flow from her heart; and her whole figure suggested an idea of unmitigable energy, and an appetite gorged in malevolence.

From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William