white heat

Frequency: 4.51.2 per million words

often figurative, meaning intense activity or emotion

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Examples (10)

  • Everything he did was at white heat and lightning speed.
  • The blacksmith waited until the iron reached white heat before forging it.
  • She worked at white heat to finish the report before the morning deadline.
  • The debate over the new policy soon reached a white heat in the chamber.
  • Great art is often produced in the white heat of intense emotion.
  • The technological revolution was forged in the white heat of scientific discovery.
  • His resentment had built up to a white heat over several months.
  • The newsroom was at white heat as the election results started coming in.
  • You need to maintain that white heat of ambition to succeed in this industry.
  • The furnace glowed with white heat, illuminating the dark workshop.