Sentence examples for febrile competition from inspiring English sources

It was widely rumoured that, as a consequence of declining circulation, febrile competition, weak regulation and an historic culture of rule-breaking, behaviour such as phone-hacking and paying police for tip-offs had become rife in some tabloids.

Hattie Morahan on Nov. 25 saw off serious competition to win the Evening Standard Theatre Award for best actress this year for her wondrously febrile Nora in "A Doll's House"; that production returns briefly to the Young Vic Theatre in April.

Of all the places Liverpool have been in this competition, all the stories they have accumulated over the years, have they ever experienced such a febrile din?

Their relationship is "febrile".

Fan feeling was febrile.

The atmosphere is febrile.

THE mood is febrile.

Too febrile for my taste".

"It has this febrile intensity.

"There is a febrile atmosphere.

This may help in febrile times.