steamed up
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As he works the espresso machine in a bar on Zagreb's bustling Flower Square, barman Luka says he suspects that people are getting steamed up over nothing.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2023
They have muddled our words, eclipsed our facial expressions, steamed up our glasses and left us with sweaty chins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
If Mike Brearley was in charge, he might even hand the second over to Sam Curran, to nonpluss the openers and get Broad steamed up.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2018
They are dressed like binocular-toting bird-watchers in heavy weather, in anoraks, knitted caps and eyeglasses made to be steamed up.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2014
The Laundromat, with its windows completely steamed up, was as warm and damp as a Turkish bath.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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