steamed up
Example Sentences
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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
The lenses were steamed up from Nakaya’s fog, like a bathroom mirror after a hot shower.
From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2018
My vest and bike shorts were sodden with sweat, the windows and back door were steamed up from the heat I had generated.
From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2017
Room 5 was the smallest room, and especially on a winter morning like that one, when the big radiators came on and steamed up the windows, it would get really stuffy.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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