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overheated

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verb

past tense of overheat

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of overheated
Adjective
The women, both in their 80s, became overheated and were unable to get out of the hot tub. Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 27 Aug. 2025 The women in the tub had become overheated and were unresponsive to their friends. Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025 This occurs when a battery is damaged, overheated, exposed to water, overcharged or improperly packed. Colson Thayer, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025 Her overheated laptop was whirring and burning on her stomach. Mona Awad, New Yorker, 20 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for overheated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheated
Adjective
  • Zach Bryan and Gavin Adcock were involved in a heated confrontation that nearly turned physical at the Born & Raised Festival in Pryor, Oklahoma.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Researchers in Taiwan have developed a stretchable, self-healing gel that changes color when pulled or heated.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Melvin had two relievers ready and warmed but stuck with Verlander.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Add chicken back to sauce and cook for 3-5 minutes until chicken is coated and warmed through.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • For now, we’re left to dine on reheated leftovers.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The sandwich cookie is inspired by Rocky Road ice cream, featuring chocolate, marshmallow, and toasted almond flavors.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Mayonnaise helps to hold the tuna together and toasted sesame oil lends incomparable nuttiness.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This cake is best slightly underbaked so the center is molten like a lava cake.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • To bring sand to its molten state, the furnace must be heated to over 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit (1,500 degrees Celisus) for as long as 50 hours, which requires burning fossil fuels such as natural gas, releasing greenhouse gases.
    Aki Ishida, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Whitehouse argues that these crystals formed in an igneous rock 2.8 billion years ago and then were eroded, washed into the sea, and settled in the silt.
    Howard Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
  • This is difficult to accurately document in the field, as single eruptions tend to merge together, forming an apparent uniform igneous rock formation.
    David Bressan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Adjective
  • Harry clutching a red-hot doorknob, Marv taking a paint can to the face — right up to the gruesome sound effect, then had the music stand down for the sizzling or thwacking payoff.
    Tim Greiving, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Savory Plus Sweet Walk into the 7,000-square-foot lodge-style building, and you’re met by the unmistakable scent of sizzling sausage.
    Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Overheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overheated. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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