fever heat
AmericanEtymology
Origin of fever heat
First recorded in 1830–40
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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
Slavery was doubtless remotely one of the irritating causes that combined to work South Carolina up to a fever heat of insanity over the nullification excitement.
From Thomas Hart Benton by Theodore Roosevelt
Again her suspicions were aroused to fever heat.
From Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam by Alice B. Emerson
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