fever heat
AmericanEtymology
Origin of fever heat
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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Public interest in him is at fever heat.
From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2021
Election campaigns will approach fever heat in September and October.
From Time Magazine Archive
I lay next to Peeta in the bag, trying to absorb every bit of his fever heat.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Interest in Sun and in his ideas was at a fever heat; his friends turned to the printed lectures for guidance; his enemies, for statements which could be turned against him.
From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony
This time, however, there was no printed sheet, but a letter written apparently at fever heat.
From Those Dale Girls by Carruth, Frank Weston
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