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feverish

fee vuh rish

  • s  marked by intense agitation or emotion
    worked at a feverish pace
  • a  of or relating to or characterized by fever
  • s  having or affected by a fever

  • In the span of a few days, Roosevelt, once America's youngest President and among its most vigorous, had become a feverish, at times delirious, invalid.
  • There was feverish speculation in the corridors of the bureaucracy, as well as in the daily accounts of newspapers and TV news broadcasts.
  • Our feverish planet badly needs a cure.
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  • Wayne Gretzky in USA Today
    He played so hard,Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky said of Doan. "He was competing at a feverish pitch. When he got the goal, it was a big pick-me-up for him."
  • Mark Schubert in Forbes
    I was on the bus with him coming back from the pool and he was feverish and feeling really lousy,US head coach Mark Schubert said. "He had a really rough night, didn't sleep all night and had some other intestinal problems."
  • Tim Henman in Sportinglife.co.za
    Henman, who took just over an hour to polish off the world number 78, said: "To play so consistently, to not drop serve having not played for so long, it was a bit surprising. Friday night, Saturday I felt awful, I was feverish and not really...

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