steamed up
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"Looking back, the inside of the car had steamed up," said Ms Gwyn.
From BBC
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
How could you have known that the smooching and petting, eros and adoration was just one break down mambo hustle away — one far sided google eyed look and a lusty leer — that ever since then, that moment of truth, you’ve been steamed up, head over heels, each other’s hearts’ desire.
From New York Times
They have muddled our words, eclipsed our facial expressions, steamed up our glasses and left us with sweaty chins.
From Los Angeles Times
He and his wife “steamed” up to five times a day, inhaling what they felt was the relieving vapor rising from a boiling concoction of herbs.
From Seattle Times
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