What is "overheated"

Usage examples of "overheated".

While Paul went with the others to search the area for sled skids, Fulmar carefully prodded through the overheated circle beneath it, sniffing as he went.

The smell of the bloody raw meat was another odor to mingle with the sweat of men, the overheated crowded hall and the general tension.

However, the Weyr was situated higher in the mountains than Ruatha Hold and he did not feel overheated once they landed.

To make matters worse, Charlotte had had the unmitigated nerve to inform him that the explanation for his behavior could be found in Byron's overheated, melodramatic poetry.

Charlotte turned and walked toward the French doors, which stood open to admit the evening air into the overheated ballroom.

He was aware that by some incredible good fortune the dangerously overheated crucible had not yet exploded in his hands, but he was as shaken as if his experiment had blown down the very walls.

The ceiling fan whirred overhead, wafting a cool breeze across their overheated skin and making her feel a little chilled without the heat of his body pressed over her.

Evie caught only a glimpse of their bewildered, suddenly terrified faces as she fought her way through the thick, overheated air.

Holtzman shields protected them from the peppering impact of small space debris, though the protective system frequently overheated from hours of constant use.

After four more direct hits, the shields hummed, overheated … and finally failed.

When I hit it, it went on speed, of course, and overheated, of course, and went back to the creek.

Old friends in the crowd: there sat the twelve headless nuns, with their left hands holding their heads and veils and with the right hands pouring the water of the Szeszupe on overheated faces.

Jenny didn't catch cold inside the snow man but on the way home: the ballet in the clearing must have overheated her.

The oil, thick, viscous, was pouring slowly on to the overheated bearing.

Or maybe it's all a figment of my overheated imagination: maybe he just fell.