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Meanings of feverish eagerness in English

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Usage of feverish eagerness in English
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There was earnestness and eagerness-almostfeverish eagerness-inthe expression of his face.
Hodge and His Masters
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She clutched at it with feverish eagerness as he held it up.
Poor Miss Finch
3
Nevertheless he worked on for a few weeks longer with feverish eagerness.
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
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There is a feverish eagerness in his eyes, a tremulousness in his voice.
Floyd Grandon's Honor
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Then in sharp reaction came a feverish eagerness to see the war ended.
His Sombre Rivals
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With almost feverish eagerness, he turned to scan the little plain.
Out of the Primitive
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He looked forward to the afternoon with almost feverish eagerness, for several reasons.
Barriers Burned Away
8
Pouchet gulps down his coffee with a sort of feverish eagerness.
The New Book of Martyrs
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Mr. Stuart, senior, had agreed, with almost feverish eagerness, to the proposed change.
A Terrible Secret: A Novel
10
Mrs. Boyd raised to a partly sitting posture and looked up with feverish eagerness.
The Girls at Mount Morris
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Now he scanned the spot with a feverish eagerness.
The Lions of the Lord: A Tale of the Old West
12
He waited upon Aunt Polly after supper with a feverish eagerness to be of use.
The Desert and the Sown
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She went out leaving him dumfounded by her appearance of feverish eagerness, energy, and illness.
Sacrifice
14
Glancing down the column with feverish eagerness, she burst out: Here it is; this will do.
Elder Conklin and Other Stories
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Dragging out one of them with feverish eagerness to the light, the Lascar forced it open.
Frontier Stories
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We climbed rapidly, the girl always gazing up at the castle with that same feverish eagerness.
The Firefly of France
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