Animals get feverish; their eyes and noses run.
While the bidding can get feverish, the auction itself is actually one of the more sober parts of a long weekend of Burgundy-fueled events surrounding the auction, known locally as Les Trois Glorieuses, "the three glorious ones".
Wade failed to get all feverish over Nowitzki's performance, telling reporters the next day, "Everyone is injured at this time".
He compressed the songful introductory sections to get to feverish modal hoedown fiddling and exchanges with Vikku Vinayakaram on the ghatam, a clay pot capable of a startling array of tones.
The market is probably going to get more feverish.
Which is a problem for the state and federal politicians, left and right, who have spent the last few years getting feverish over the idea that coal will make it rain.
Thousands more may follow, and the likelihood that they will be questioned harshly — or worse — is very real, says Lionel Rosenblatt of Refugees International: "The Lao are feverish to get their hands on refugees who might be able to shed light on the remaining 1,000 Hmong fighters still in Laos.
It is one of the more conservative ways to get exposure to the feverish Chinese economy.
As the 22nd European Fine Art Fair, which closes on Sunday, opened its doors to the private viewing on March 12, the rush of hundreds of well-heeled prospective buyers to get in first was as feverish as ever.
Opened last May, and owned by former Pixar employee Brett Pulliam, the Vector Volcano Classic Arcade is a joyous celebration of the 1970s and 80s, when gamers funnelled coins into favourite arcade games in a feverish bid to get their initials on the scores leaderboard.
