Example Sentences

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Presently the heat became overhot and Al-Rashid said to his Wazir, "O Ja'afar, I am sore athirst."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Things haven't got dried up yet awhile, for the weather hasn't been overhot.

From A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)

He was not overhot, but he wanted to hide the grin that spread over his broad countenance.

From Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life by Knibbs, Henry Herbert

The reception was overhot and they backed water, glad to get away.

From The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite by Lewis, Alfred Henry