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
The argument soon deviated into Dutch, and I lost hold of it; but through a cloud of statistics and history I observed that local patriotism on both sides stood at fever heat.
From The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland by Brown, J. Irwin
This he accordingly did, and as he began to catch the sound of music more plainly as he kept advancing, Elmer found his curiosity rising to fever heat.
From Boy Scouts: Tenderfoot Squad or, Camping at Raccoon Lodge by Douglas, Alan
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