1.   Her cheeks were growing hotter.

2.   And the political rhetoric between competing political parties grew hotter as the day wore on.

3.   As the morning sun grew hotter, Moler came upon another roundish black nest, this one topped with a caramel-colored layer of dirt.

4.   Certainly, China studies have grown hotter as interest in Russia has cooled.

5.   His decision started a political fire-fight that continues to grow hotter.

6.   It has all led to an unusually ugly confrontation between the federal government and Cuban exiles here, and one that grew steadily hotter as the week progressed.

7.   The coal did not burn, but it began to change as the oven grew hotter.

8.   The mayor, sweating lightly as the sun grew hotter and the ocean came into view, walked quietly at times while cars whizzed by.

9.   The ring of fire grows hotter.

10.   The rivers were falling rapidly and warming as we fished them, the days were growing hotter and the salmon were sulking.