How to Use overheated in a Sentence

overheated

adjective
  • She worked in a stuffy, overheated office.
  • The market for new houses is overheated.
  • The discussion was getting overheated.
  • Next came a high-rate era used to cool an overheated business climate.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
  • Then, as the overheated art market of the eighties cooled off, he was dropped.
    — Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2023
  • What’s more, the refreshing mist feels so good on my overheated skin.
    — Andie Kanaras, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2023
  • An explosion heard on video may have been caused by an overheated aerosol can, the chief said.
    — Celina Tebor, CNN, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The scandal language feels a bit overheated to me.
    — Ana Colón, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Bowman recalled a rental car dropped off at an airport on fire due to overheated brakes.
    — Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Managers are allowed to get overheated and put on crazy displays on the field.
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • At least one death has been attributed this year to an overheated battery.
    — Bobby Caina Calvan, Fortune, 27 July 2023
  • Moments like the near-stranger embrace can, on one level, feel overheated.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2020
  • In the overheated sample of a 60-game season, that’s cause for alarm.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Doing so limits the damage to overheated organs, and can save the dog’s life.
    — New York Times, 21 May 2022
  • Redfin is predicting that the frothy, overheated market will simmer down a great deal by the end of next year.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 26 Nov. 2021
  • On long, hot summer hikes, feet can easily become overheated and stinky with the wrong footwear.
    — Leslie Hsu Oh, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The odor was caused by an overheated battery, according to Boyd.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2024
  • In a worst-case scenario, an overheated phone’s battery can start to leak or catch fire, putting you at serious risk.
    — Billy Perrigo, Time, 22 June 2018
  • The overheated axle bearing could cause a fire on the train if not deal with immediately.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 22 June 2018
  • The Fed will raise rates to cool down an overheated economy and clamp down on inflation.
    — Susan Tompor, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • And in an increasingly toasty world, this kind of weather might be just the ticket for overheated tourists.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022
  • As inflation built, the Fed aimed to cool down an overheated economy and raise rates.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Of course, the real arcades were often dark, cramped, and sweaty, with the odor of overheated circuitry.
    — Michael J. Seidlinger, Wired, 15 Jan. 2022
  • What does this mean for the overheated and rapidly evolving AI market?
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • On May 25, the building burned to the ground because of an overheated furnace.
    — Evan Casey, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2022
  • The Fed is expected to raise rates even more over the next year in an attempt to cool the overheated economy.
    — Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 6 May 2022
  • Over time, that strain can create an overheated smell that many people describe as burning rubber or hot plastic.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 5 June 2026
  • An overheated iron can leave scorch marks, discolor the fabric, or create shiny spots or watermarks.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 June 2026
  • In the overheated atmosphere of the Cold War, anything could tip the scales—even a poem.
    — Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2020
  • The couple then drugged Grace, bound and gagged her, and left her in the overheated attic to die, authorities said.
    — Erin McCarthy, Philly.com, 23 Jan. 2018

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