het up

Example Sentences

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The actress said the following day she "went to the set and, because I was squatting on the floor, all het up, I farted in front of him. I was mortified".

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

“What’s the good of rushin’? No use in gettin’ all het up an’ sweaty.

From Slate • Nov. 25, 2018

BTW, we are not as het up about Halloween as Americans, it's rather more a young kids annual candy gathering event.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2016

So they do seem quite het up about it, which I think is stupid and depressing.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2013

Himself, he grunted, "I never could get much het up about this poetry that's full of Ah's and 'tises."

From Free Air by Lewis, Sinclair