feverous
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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 thee, Claudio; and I quake, Lest thou a feverous life shouldst entertain, And six or seven winters more respect 337 Than a perpetual honour.
From Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge
The minister's face was pale as the horse that grew gray when Death mounted him; and his eyes shone with a feverous brilliancy.
From Paul Faber, Surgeon by MacDonald, George
Let thy lone innocence then quickly null Within our veins doubt-led and wrong desire— Or drugging knowledge that but fills o'erfull Of feverous mystery the days we drain!
From Song-Surf by Rice, Cale Young