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
It was a great and stirring time, when every moment was lived at fever heat; and Henty looked on as a soldier as well as a correspondent.
From George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life by Fenn, George Manville
Through this we again beat, the excitement being at fever heat.
From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various
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