Feverish is an English word with synonyms like hectic or agitated. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Feverish meaning
- Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.
- Filled with excess energy.
- Morbidly eager.
Using Feverish
- The main meaning on this page is: Having a fever, an elevated body temperature. | Filled with excess energy. | Morbidly eager.
- Useful related words include: hectic, agitated, febrile, symptom.
- In the example corpus, feverish often appears in combinations such as: feverish and, the feverish, at feverish.
Context around Feverish
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Feverish
- In this selection, "feverish" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, attracting, drove, felt, attention, comeback and passages stand out and add context to how "feverish" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an elevated feverish temperature of and at a feverish san siro. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "feverish" sits close to words such as abner, acquit and adamantly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with feverish
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It was a Friday night, got back to my room feeling feverish. (12 words)
By that point, she was experiencing shortness of breath, vomiting and an elevated, feverish temperature of 102. (17 words)
Exhausted and feverish, he slept for hours at a time in his cell in a quarantined unit. (17 words)
I also acknowledged the late Fr. Michael Nolan who snatched me, as the youngest president of the FEU Central Student Organization, from the lures of Marxism to which, as an impoverished lad, I looked up to in my feverish search for economic equality. (43 words)
Feverish debate broke out on social media last week after writer Rhiannon Cosslett tweeted: 'Older people – do you realise that ending a sentence with a full stop comes across as sort of abrupt and unfriendly to younger people in an email/chat? (42 words)
There has been feverish speculation that the Bank of Japan will exit its ultra-loose policy, but the BoJ will want to see stronger growth before making any dramatic shifts, which could include lifting rates into positive territory. (38 words)
Feverish debate broke out on social media last week after writer Rhiannon Cosslett tweeted: 'Older people – do you realise that ending a sentence with a full stop comes across as sort of abrupt and unfriendly to younger people in an email/chat? (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
After blowing a 15-point second-half lead, the Nuggets leaned on their generational superstar to survive a feverish comeback by Orlando.
Even in the more feverish passages, when yet another great mind succumbs to madness, haunted by the spectres they’ve helped unleash on the world, he feels in full control of his material.
Heavily backed at a feverish San Siro as the designated home team, Inter were made to absorb early pressure as a determined start by Milan ensured the match began at a frenetic pace.
Henley's own condition colored the process: He was feverish and noted that he experienced periods of delirium while writing the bulk of the lyrics.
In January of 2020 I got sick with a real doozy that had me laid up for eight weeks, wheezing and hacking and feverish.
That feverish drama was already in progress when audiences entering the darkened Drill Hall were confronted by Michael Levine’s stunning stark set of sixty-two meticulously arrayed hospital beds.
There has been feverish speculation that the Bank of Japan will exit its ultra-loose policy, but the BoJ will want to see stronger growth before making any dramatic shifts, which could include lifting rates into positive territory.
They are a media phenomenon whose every move, especially pregnancy and births, has been the stuff of feverish attention by millions of people.
A recent European Commission proposal to cool the litigious broth about connectivity patents by institutionalizing transparency as a means of avoiding disputes is attracting feverish attention.
But that scarcity created an air of exclusivity around Gmail that drove feverish demand for elusive invitations to sign up.
Earlier this year, Alan got a taste of India’s feverish passion for cricket, having crafted an anthem for the IPL’s Royal Challengers Bangalore.
I also acknowledged the late Fr. Michael Nolan who snatched me, as the youngest president of the FEU Central Student Organization, from the lures of Marxism to which, as an impoverished lad, I looked up to in my feverish search for economic equality.
But the infection of a highly prominent figure like Mr. Zingaretti, who felt feverish on Saturday, raised the prospect that more Italian politicians had been exposed.
By that point, she was experiencing shortness of breath, vomiting and an elevated, feverish temperature of 102.
Exhausted and feverish, he slept for hours at a time in his cell in a quarantined unit.
Feverish debate broke out on social media last week after writer Rhiannon Cosslett tweeted: 'Older people – do you realise that ending a sentence with a full stop comes across as sort of abrupt and unfriendly to younger people in an email/chat?
In fact, the excitement was so feverish that Kygo—whose real name is Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll—felt compelled to share it with friends.
It was a decade of uncivil wars (apology to Mahmoud Jega) with suspended civil liberties, ouster feverish cowardly military decrees and suppressed freedom of expressions.
It was a Friday night, got back to my room feeling feverish.
Not long after, he was moved to the small, windowless room, where he started to feel even worse: short of breath, feverish.
Common combinations with feverish
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- feverish and 8×
- the feverish 5×
- at feverish 4×
- feverish speculation 4×
- and feverish 3×
- of feverish 3×
- feverish pace 3×
- was feverish 2×
- feverish attention 2×
- felt feverish 2×