How to Use feverish in a Sentence
feverish
adjective
- She was feeling tired and feverish.
- He had a feverish appearance.
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His bride-to-be is feverish, but seems to be on the mend.
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Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
9 Jan. 2023
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The Arctic is feverish and on fire — at least parts of it are.
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Daria Litvinova,
Fox News,
25 June 2020
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The new season is here, and the pace again promises to be feverish.
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Kevin Paul Dupont,
BostonGlobe.com,
10 Oct. 2022
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In the next room, a man lay slumped in his bed, a sheen of sweat coating his feverish face.
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Lauren Caruba,
ExpressNews.com,
28 June 2020
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Avoid in the morning when the beignet frenzy is most feverish.
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Paul Oswell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Mar. 2018
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The music is feverish, a hook-y mix of ’90s rock and country twang.
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Eryn Loeb,
Longreads,
8 Apr. 2020
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Today, the duo is premiering the feverish video for the track.
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Henry Youtt,
Billboard,
13 July 2018
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The room convulsed with the feverish music from the gramophone.
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Charlotte Allen,
USA TODAY,
13 Dec. 2017
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Among them were Bill and Gloria Weed, who have been feverish for days.
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Manuel Bojorquez,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2020
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The first shot of Pfizer’s vaccine left him a bit feverish, tired and with swollen lymph nodes in his neck.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Dec. 2020
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Yet even the feverish rush to buy – a trend that’s supporting those high prices – has cooled a bit this year.
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Jonathan Lansner,
Orange County Register,
25 July 2024
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And acquisitions have reached a feverish pace in the past two to three years.
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Markian Hawryluk,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2022
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Other fans plan to sleep on cruise ships or camp out in the desert amid a feverish rush for rooms in Doha.
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Jon Gambrell,
Arkansas Online,
31 Oct. 2022
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When the detainees arrived on June 2, at least two were feverish.
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Hannah Dreier,
Washington Post,
26 Dec. 2020
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Each year at this time, there’s a feverish rush to the farmers market to grab sour cherries.
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Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2022
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On the last night on the ship, Johnson started feeling feverish.
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Renata Geraldo,
Anchorage Daily News,
14 June 2022
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Edge-of-your-seat ‘90s action fun with an electric cast and feverish pace.
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Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com,
al,
17 Mar. 2022
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People were fatigued and feverish, with dry coughs and headaches.
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Daniel Wrapp,
Science,
31 Dec. 2020
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The road of every pop singer’s feverish onstage dance routine leads back to her.
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Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
25 May 2023
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The first 16 pages are feverish: M, a young mother, is traveling alone in France.
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Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2021
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The promise of spoiler reveals only added to the feverish hype.
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Lindsey Bahr,
ajc,
19 Dec. 2021
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Early the next day, Hewitt was feverish, and his leg was swollen, said Delano, 54.
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Julian Mark,
Washington Post,
28 Oct. 2022
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There was a moment of doubt when my 6-year-old daughter fell asleep in my lap one morning and awoke flushed and feverish.
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Marie Holmes,
Good Housekeeping,
5 June 2020
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For the next five days, isolated in his room, Burke remained feverish, with tightness in his chest and a sore throat.
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Callie Caplan,
Dallas News,
24 Sep. 2020
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The promise of spoiler reveals only added to the feverish hype that led to lines and sell-out showings across the country.
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Lindsey Bahr,
chicagotribune.com,
19 Dec. 2021
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Then Mitchell Hughes had trouble breathing and broke out in a feverish sweat.
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Los Angeles Times,
1 Dec. 2020
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His dribbling especially - done at a feverish pace, as though the ball was attached to his foot with a short piece of string - had been a joy to watch.
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Matias Grez,
CNN,
22 Oct. 2024
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Fans have taken to feverish discussion of the Jonathan question online since the film's Oct. 11 release.
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EW.com,
17 Oct. 2024
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