Synonyms for white heat


Grammar : Noun


Définition of white heat

  • noun extreme heat
Example sentences :
  • It was the white heat of high passion that broke the silence when he spoke again.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • His eyes were ablaze, and there could be no doubt that his fury was at white heat.
  • Extract from : « The Hunters of the Ozark » by Edward S. Ellis
  • But, during the same revival and while it was at white heat, old Squire Geo.
  • Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
  • She was very pale now, her anger having reached a white heat.
  • Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice
  • It was lucidity at white heat: the last sublimation of passion.
  • Extract from : « The Long Run » by Edith Wharton
  • John Ellis was at a white heat of rage and stubbornness now.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • You can readily maintain it at a white heat, or even fuse it.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • Aye, sir; he must have the white heat for this kind of fine work.
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville
  • Swithin felt the white heat in those faces—it was not decent!
  • Extract from : « Villa Rubein and Other Stories » by John Galsworthy
  • Cuthbert rushed up to town at once in a white heat of indignation.
  • Extract from : « A True Friend » by Adeline Sergeant

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