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
In the meantime, the search was being continued at fever heat, and the detective bureau expected to make an important announcement within a few hours.
From The Gray Phantom's Return by Herman Landon
It wanted perhaps a minute to twelve o'clock, and a silence settled down over the rude assemblage, although the excitement was at fever heat.
From Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 by Cyrus Townsend Brady
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