Sample Sentences forsuperheated (editor-reviewed)
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At the power plant, they used superheated steam so the extra-hot vapor would stay a gas as it pushed through the turbines and produced electricity more efficiently.superheated = heated above the temperature required to remain steam
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In science class, her teacher explained that a superheated liquid in a smooth glass cup might look perfectly calm, but could suddenly erupt into violent boiling if she stirred it or dropped a spoon into it.superheated = heated past the normal boiling temperature
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They want to produce electricity by using geothermal energy to cycle water that would be superheated and drive a turbine.superheated = heated above the temperature required to remain steam
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The space shuttle was damaged when superheated gases generated during reentry entered the ship through a breach in the insulation.superheated = heated beyond the temperature where state normally changes
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I felt like I was back on the Bifrost Bridge, superheated colors burning through me.† (source)
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Oceans of superheated air swelling like warm skin rising to a lover's touch.† (source)
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During the summer months, however, superheated air rises from the scorched earth like bubbles from the bottom of a boiling kettle, rushing heavenward in turbulent convection currents.† (source)
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Instead of heat going to the water, some would get stored in the air, which could superheat and melt the bag.† (source)
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It was a high—speed frigate furnished with superheating equipment that allowed the tension of its steam to build to seven atmospheres.† (source)
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The entire gate began to glow, as if the metal had become superheated, and its double doors swung inward, revealing a field of stars.† (source)
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My body began to superheat; I was in so much pain my organs seemed to be dissolving into molecules, my skin glowing and steaming.† (source)
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We share the day's rumors and tell bad jokes and push back against the silence inside our own heads, the place where the never-ending voiceless scream rises like the superheated air above a lava flow.† (source)
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She sees the fireball climbing, the superheated sphere of burning gas that can blind a person with its beauty, its dripping christblood colors, solar golds and reds.† (source)
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A Martian came across the fields about midday, laying the stuff with a jet of superheated steam that hissed against the walls, smashed all the windows it touched, and scalded the curate's hand as he fled out of the front room.† (source)
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"Okay for now, I think," Max gasped, realizing his lungs were seared from all the smoke and superheated air.† (source)
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The leaves are fully out, the irises are in bloom, there's a heat wave; the gymnasium heats up like an oven and we all sit in there, superheated, writing away, while the gymnasium exudes its smell of bygone athletes.† (source)
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