How to Use steam up in a Sentence

steam up

verb
  • So why does this change have me a little, well, steamed up?
    — Vivek Astvansh, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Turn the shower on hot until the bathroom steams up.
    — Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 18 May 2026
  • Since cool air can't hold as much moisture as warm air, more of the water will go down the drain instead of steaming up your bathroom mirror.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Since Luca Guadagnino’s spicy sports drama Challengers steamed up screens everywhere, even casual fans have acknowledged that the game stirs up strong feelings.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 30 June 2026
  • Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page are gearing up to steam up the screen in a romantic comedy that promises fun twists, turns and some terribly good-looking people.
    — Janine Rubenstein, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
  • There’s fitness classes, and then there’s fitness classes that go all out to ‘90s hip-hop and bounce music at Crescent Park while ships steam up the Mississippi River.
    — Outside, 17 Feb. 2026
  • This is to the benefit of Calva’s Teddy and Camila Morrone’s Roxana, who steam up the screen at every opportunity.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Heated Rivalry's love story steamed up the ice in locales around the globe, and is just in time for the 2026 Winter Olympics, where there's no shortage of hockeymania.
    — Laura Fiengo, Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2026
  • On Valentine’s Day weekend, a fresh take on Brontë’s Wuthering Heights with Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie is set to steam up screens.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 29 Dec. 2025
  • In January 1899, the American gunboat USS Wilmington set out on an expedition to Venezuela, steaming up the Orinoco River toward the country’s interior.
    — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026

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