blood heat
Example Sentences
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"I slowly learned that plays work best if you let them have some blood heat, and not simply be exciting exchanges of witty ideas," he told Joan Bakewell in a revealing interview in 2002.
From BBC
My blood heats easy tonight, each time the Stingers roll by.
From Literature
When humans exercise, our muscles warm up and our blood heats with it.
From Washington Post
The decoction cooled rapidly in the thin air, and as soon as it was at blood heat, she poured it carefully into a metal beaker and carried it to the rear of the cave.
From Literature
As the courses become heavier and the Cowboy warms further, Isogai may pour the sake into a rough, hand-molded carafe and raise its temperature to blood heat.
From Los Angeles Times
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