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fever
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Synonyms & Antonyms for fever
Synonyms: Noun
affection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint, complication, condition, disease, disorder, distemper, distemperature, ill, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness, trouble
Antonyms: Noun
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Examples of fever in a Sentence
Noun
The symptoms of the disease include headache and fever. We waited in a fever of anticipation. He had us all in a fever with worry.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
But buyers have been more cautious and clear-eyed this year, breaking the fever of multiple offers, no contingencies and all cash deals sealed in two weeks. — Louis Hansen, The Mercury News, "Bay Area home sales retreat with trade, stock market volatility," 29 Aug. 2019 And does the arrival of teeth come with all of the fevers, cries, and sore gums that everybody says? — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, "When Do Babies Start Teething? The Facts Every Parent Should Know," 9 Aug. 2019 Before the fever breaks this weekend, the extreme heat will put power grids across the country to the test. — Phil Helsel, NBC News, "Heat wave blazes on: 'It's even too hot for ice cream'," 20 July 2019 And similar to their present-day successors like Chari, these veterans of the Apollo program all initially got swept up in the grandeur of their work and its goals—the Apollo fever. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "The Greatest Leap, part 4: Catching Apollo fever as a new NASA employee," 19 July 2019 Some farms have been entirely wiped out by the disease, losing as many as 20,000 pigs to the fever or to the culling. — Ben Westcott, CNN, "Beijing admits 'weaknesses' in handling of African swine fever crisis," 4 July 2019 The digital health funding fever is far from breaking. — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, "Digital Health Companies Hit a New VC Funding Record in 2018," 23 June 2019 But if this hasn’t been that father’s party for an entire generation, how is the removal of Donald Trump supposed to break the fever? — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, "In search of the Democratic Party's fighting spirit," 20 June 2019 Einstein despaired at the war fever that overtook his colleagues in Berlin. — The Economist, "How Einstein and Eddington stood against jingoism," 7 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
For the final quarter of their set, the band’s fevered, crunchy improvisations bred a full-on dance party, with fans of all ages getting in on the fun. — Natalie Weiner, Billboard, "Herbie Hancock & Cecile McLorin Salvant Among 9 Best Moments at 2019 Newport Jazz Festival," 5 Aug. 2019 Proponents also argue that there is little evidence that fever itself, even a high fever, is harmful. — Richard Klasco, New York Times, "If Fever Helps Fight Infection, Should I Avoid Fever-Reducing Drugs?," 11 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fever.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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