in the heat of

Idioms  

1. In the most intense or active stage of some activity or condition. For example, One never knows how soldiers will behave in the heat of battle, or In the heat of the moment she accepted his proposal, or In the heat of the negotiations he forgot to call his wife. [Late 1500s]

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Example Sentences

Instead, she recommends implementing changes at a neutral moment, not in the heat of an argument about screen time.

From BBC

I was thinking about what a terrible thing it was, that while I was basking in the heat of it, many thousands of people must still be trapped in the city, some of them my own friends from school.

From Literature

“You can react in the heat of the moment,” said Thiaw.

From The Wall Street Journal

But in a subsequent post-match interview he accepted that he should not have ordered his team off the field and he had reacted "in the heat of the moment".

From BBC

Strategic conceptions are ripe to be overhauled in the heat of crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal