spring fever
a listless, lazy, or restless feeling commonly associated with the beginning of spring.
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How to use spring fever in a sentence
Pandemic fatigue, warmer weather and a surge in vaccinations have led to a spring fever palpable across much of the country.
Signs of life amid signs of concern in the second year of the coronavirus pandemic | Joel Achenbach, Ryan Slattery, Kayla Ruble, Caren Chesler | March 25, 2021 | Washington PostReaching the first anniversary of pandemic-related restrictions might also have created more severe cases of early spring fever, experts say.
Americans have started leaving home even more than before the pandemic, cellphone data shows | Katherine Shaver | March 11, 2021 | Washington Post"spring fever" and a large love of indolence had combined in that drowsy condition which makes one willing to take his time.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineEven in the spring-fever period we didn't get engaged to any extent.
At Good Old Siwash | George FitchI had been hoping that this was a new form of spring-fever which would eventually work its way out of his system.
The Prairie Child | Arthur Stringer
British Dictionary definitions for spring fever
the feeling of restlessness experienced by many people at the onset of spring
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