feverous
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- feverously adverb
- nonfeverous adjective
- nonfeverously adverb
Etymology
Origin of feverous
Example Sentences
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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
A meek and shy quietist, his intellectual powers were never stimulated into feverous energy by crowds of proselytes, or by the ambition of proselyting.
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob
As feverous visions flit and fly And without a motion elude the eye, She stood three steps away.
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George
Nay, but her silken sash to me Were more than all morality, Had not the old, sweet, feverous ill Left me the master of my will!
From Victories of Love by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
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