The governor's speech 'raised/lowered the' political 'temperature'. [=it made people more/less angry about the political situation]
The water 'temperature' has risen (by) two degrees. [=the water has become two degrees warmer]
Did you 'take his temperature'? [=did you use a thermometer to find out if he had a fever?]
(..) Hello? Hello? Now, how are we going to get out of here? All these doors are electrically powered. Now, get these doors open in here before we all suffocate! Temperature elevated, degrees. Oxygen, percent and dropping. Get that power on so we can open these doors. Hey! Don't shoot me! (..)1973 Westworld
(..) Shoot me. Go on, shoot. Shoot! The gun has a sensing device. lt won't fire at anything with a high body temperature. Only something cold, like a machine. They thought of everything. Yeah, l have the banquet scheduled for , if that conforms. What do folks do for companionly (..)1973 Westworld