as in boiled
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
the newspaper's blatantly biased coverage made a lot of readers steam
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Recent Examples of steamed
They’re best eaten raw or lightly steamed to preserve their nutrients.
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Mélanie Defouilloy, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2026
The wontons, pleated with precision, arrive steamed and slicked with mild chili crisp.
—Karla Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2026
They can be roasted, steamed, or sautéed and served as a delightful side dish with nothing more than a squeeze of lemon.
—Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 21 Feb. 2026
The windows steamed with the warmth of the revelry inside.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Mélanie Defouilloy, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2026
The wontons, pleated with precision, arrive steamed and slicked with mild chili crisp.
—Karla Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2026
They can be roasted, steamed, or sautéed and served as a delightful side dish with nothing more than a squeeze of lemon.
—Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 21 Feb. 2026
The windows steamed with the warmth of the revelry inside.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for steamed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamed
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There’s no better time to make use of maple syrup than in late winter and early spring, when the trees are tapped and the sap is boiled and bottled throughout the Northeast and Canada.—
SAVEUR Editors,
Saveur,
15 Apr. 2026
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Now, for the first time since those Middle East tensions boiled, prices in Florida are dropping.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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The fires burned most of Nob Hill where the railroad barons lived.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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Yet the Baywatch blunder still prompted a scorching Substack post from Bass’ opponent Spencer Pratt, the reality TV veteran turned Internet influencer who, after the Pacific Palisades wildfire burned his home, is running as an anti-establishment outsider with a focus on government negligence.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Apr. 2026
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Ukraine's special tactical police units stormed the store after attempts to contact the gunman with a negotiator failed, the head of Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, Ihor Klymenko, said in a statement on social media.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Ukraine's special tactical police units stormed the store after attempts to contact the gunman with a negotiator failed, the head of Ukraine's Interior Ministry, Ihor Klymenko, said in a statement on social media.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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In July of 2024, as fighting raged in Khartoum, a Sudanese weapons broker WhatsApped Mafi to contract a shipment of Qods Mohajer-6 drones — the same ones Iran has long supplied Russia in its war in Ukraine, according to the complaint.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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The violent rivalry between the WOOO and CHOO gangs has raged for years, with one veteran CHOO member even going as far as telling a 14-year-old shooter to keep up the violence, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Steamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamed. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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