Feverish

Examples

• The feverish young inn-keeper and ex-engineer started like Satan at the touch of Ithuriel's spear. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Miss Bennet had slept ill, and though up, was very feverish, and not well enough to leave her room. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Who that knows what life is, would pine for this feverish species of existence? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The advice was followed readily, for the feverish symptoms increased, and her head ached acutely. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I had eaten with relish: the food was good--void of the feverish flavour which had hitherto poisoned what I had swallowed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Oliver had been dozing; but looked worse, and was more feverish than he had appeared yet. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I know well enough, continued Wellesley, pacing up and down the room with a feverish rapidity. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In his heavy and feverish sleep, a veiled form stood beside him, and laid a cold, soft hand upon him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I thank you very much, sir,' he said, offering Fledgeby his feverish hand. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Bessy took a long and feverish draught, and then fell back and shut her eyes. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• It made her a little hasty and feverish in her precipitation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I had no such feverish wish to turn him from the faith of his fathers. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• No: my chamber is over the hall, the window just above the front door; the sash was a little raised, for I felt feverish. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I hailed the darkness that shut Ireland from my sight, and my pulse beat with a feverish joy, when I reflected that I should soon see Geneva. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• My cousin welcomed me with warm affection; yet tears were in her eyes, as she beheld my emaciated frame and feverish cheeks. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I turned to the wall and counted twenty, to pass the feverish time away. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• A few moments of feverish enjoyment were followed by hours of acute suffering. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I am too feverish and excitable to bear a soft, cooing, vibrating voice close at my ear. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I remember the time by the sudden brightness and clearness, the feverish strain and excitement of all my faculties which came with it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Too feverish to rest, I rose as soon as day dawned. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• For a few minutes, while you smooth your hair--which is somewhat dishevelled; and bathe your face--which looks feverish? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She awoke with a start, unrefreshed, and conscious of some reality worse even than her feverish dreams. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Yes, you are dripping like a mermaid; pull my cloak round you: but I think you are feverish, Jane: both your cheek and hand are burning hot. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She signed it in a feverish hurry. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She was restless and uncomfortable in every position, and before night she became very feverish. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Here were the factors of a bad economic atmosphere, suspicious, feverish, greedy, and speculative. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I am feverish: I hear the wind blowing: I will go out of doors and feel it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Feels very low and melancholy, is very feverish, and has a constant thirst upon him; thinks it must be the wine he used to drink (cheers). Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It made our heads ache to think, on the whole, what feverish lives they must lead. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There must be hours of night to temper down the day's distraction of so feverish a place. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

Typist: Penelope