How to Use cabin fever in a Sentence

cabin fever

noun
  • She suffered from cabin fever during the long winter.
  • Can’t let cabin fever beat me yet.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Needless to say, cabin fever brings on their demise .
    — Vivian Song, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Getting a walk in as cabin fever is starting to set in for us.
    — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 25 Mar. 2020
  • Seeing a large patch of them in full flower can be a cure for cabin fever.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Now, here’s a new selection of ideas to keep cabin fever at bay.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2023
  • They are trapped inside their home and getting cabin fever by the minute.
    — Leah Hall, Country Living, 17 July 2023
  • Trying new things disrupts the monotony and staves off the cabin fever.
    — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Shifting between rooms doesn’t do much to keep away the cabin fever.
    — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2020
  • For those of us with kids, all that cold weather translates to cabin fever.
    — Ida Lieszkovszky, cleveland.com, 14 Jan. 2018
  • Is your cabin fever strong enough to be enticed by super-cheap flight deals?
    — Shannon McMahon, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2020
  • But a road trip to sunnier climes goes a long way to curing a bout of cabin fever.
    — Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
  • There are a lot of folks out there who are getting a first-hand dose of real cabin fever.
    — Popular Science, 1 May 2020
  • Facing gray skies, cold, snow and cabin fever, many people's thoughts turn to spring.
    — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Our natural hunger for new horizons is at the root of cabin fever.
    — Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2021
  • After months of sheltering at home, most of us are on the verge of cabin fever.
    — Jean Chen Smith, Cincinnati.com, 13 May 2020
  • Send your nature lover with cabin fever on a trip to an ice-fishing vacation school.
    — Lydia Lohrer, Detroit Free Press, 16 Dec. 2017
  • Things from global economics to cabin fever are being seen in new light.
    — Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2020
  • That’s led to tighter home budgets on top of the cabin fever sheltering in place causes.
    — Lee Roop | [email protected], al, 23 Apr. 2020
  • If staying at home during your time off is bound to drive you stir-crazy, camping is a sure cure for cabin fever.
    — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The lightkeepers of yore almost went mad from cabin fever and constant foghorns.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The promise of virus-averse fresh air and ample space to spread out is healing fierce cases of cabin fever.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 8 July 2020
  • With cabin fever eased, we might even be left with a new appreciation for the many roles our homes can play.
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Barely a week into January and the itch of cabin fever starts to dig in.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 9 Jan. 2020
  • This year, shoppers have been itching to shake off their cabin fever and get back out into brick-and-mortar stores.
    — Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, 28 July 2022
  • So shake off that cabin fever, stretch your legs in the great outdoors and welcome back the migrants to their nesting grounds.
    — James F. McCarty, cleveland.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • On the one hand exercise is a great way to maintain mental health (and combat cabin fever).
    — Courtney Shea, refinery29.com, 31 Mar. 2020
  • After spending so much time cooped up at home, plenty of people already have more than a touch of cabin fever.
    — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Zoom fails, crash courses in home schooling, the cabin fever of family members and pets.
    — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2020
  • During these many months on a short leash, our increasingly longer daily walks have saved us from the throes of cabin fever.
    — David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2021

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