How to Use fervid in a Sentence

fervid

adjective
  • Fans often look at football players with a fervid awe.
    — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
  • In our era of fervid careerism and content creation, this seems almost like a form of madness.
    — Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2022
  • That kind of fervid rhetoric comes close to crossing the line, says one former prosecutor.
    — Declan McCullagh, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2000
  • But her rigor reached a fervid pitch and ended in emotional collapse.
    — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The icy cornucopia of the fifties is flushed out in the fervid deliquescence of the sixties.
    — Frank Guan, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Most of Miller’s fervid demonstrations came while the Longhorns played defense.
    — David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Instead, the case for Trump swiftly shifts to a fervid case against Hillary Clinton.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2016
  • The possibility of a rich, ambiguous, fervid response to love or the chance of love is over.
    — Colm Tóibín, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2016
  • Cain’s story elicited a wave of public support and fervid criticism of Salazar and Nike.
    — oregonlive, 16 Nov. 2019
  • In this time of fervid preoccupation with Russia, that is not a narrative in search of an audience.
    — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2020
  • The fervid Harvey Weinstein era of awards campaigning was suddenly about to blast off.
    — Peter Bart, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
  • There is here a strain of fervid and sometimes apocalyptic Christianity.
    — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 17 Nov. 2020
  • My partner heard the crash of glass and found me on the ground in the fervid New Mexico sun, my fingers clenching a mug's handle, the only part intact.
    — Lauren Depino, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Its attraction of gravity, the grip on its creatures maintained through its fervid bowels, its harmonious motion weakened.
    — Ed Park, The New York Review of Books, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Laura Dern, at least, is powerfully fervid as Linda, who wants the town to be brought in line with her progressive politics.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Kitchens would be wise to dial up a few vertical passes on 1st-and-10, when the defense is inherently most predictable and its pass rush less fervid.
    — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • In recent days, a fervid swarm of student activists has overtaken Connecticut College.
    — Peter Gattuso, National Review, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Both planets are creating a fervid energy that juxtaposes with the tender Cancer moon.
    — Lisa Stardust, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The goal isn’t to turn Murray into Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who gives fervid speeches to teammates on the field before games.
    — Kent Somers, azcentral, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Celine Dion is lovingly lampooned in all her sentimental goofiness, along with the fervid plot of James Cameron’s blockbuster.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • The abrupt nature of Lee’s death has been a matter of fervid speculation for decades, with some fans over the years even hypothesizing that the star was assassinated.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 21 Nov. 2022
  • From the Sparkle Lounge proves the band still had plenty of gas left even after three decades, launching with a compelling lead hook and holding tight with an incredible rhythm section and fervid guitars.
    — Christa Titus, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2017
  • On the conference circuit, where the goals of the revolution were the subject of fervid debate, Penuma surgeons argued that urologists were at a crossroads.
    — Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 26 June 2023
  • But Cass’s photographs brimming with players are just as delightfully unsettling — fervid and chaotic, yet contained within the graceful restraints of the game and the field.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2021
  • There’s the fervid fanbase, cultivated through digital platforms and in-person events that encourage fan participation.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 2 May 2026
  • Both departures were expected and unsurprisingly elicited fervid reaction by fans; and Queen and Beckham each chimed in as well, though with disparate emotions.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The statue, known to the islanders as Hoa Hakananai’a, caused a sensation and, Pitts suggests, helped set off a new round of fervid conjecture about Rapa Nui.
    — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • In stadium negotiations, fervid decades-long support for the Bills throughout Western New York strengthened the team’s hand.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Fan support was particularly fervid in Revere, where more than 100 people filed into the school’s auditorium for the watch party.
    — Katie Mogg, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The mood in Minneapolis had shifted from one of fervid insurrection to fatigue—a kind of dazed astonishment at all that had happened, and tentative uncertainty about what to do now.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 15 June 2020

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