How to Use white-hot in a Sentence

white-hot

adjective
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  • And so is the white-hot glare of the spotlight now trained on Trump.
    — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 12 June 2023
  • The follow-up to his white-hot 2022 has been less thrilling.
    — The Enquirer, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Simone Biles is heading back to the Olympics and the white-hot spotlight that comes with it.
    — CBS News, 30 June 2024
  • The Bulls were white-hot from long range in the first half, going 13-for-29 from behind the arc in the opening two frames.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Inviting that in brought with it a white-hot rage, and a deep sense of clarity.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
  • By the third day, the two cores combined into a single white-hot core—the makings of a future planet.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
  • As Buolamwini well knows, in the white-hot world of AI, there’s plenty of unmasking yet to be done.
    — Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Jeremy Allen White’s stylist is taking fans behind the scenes of his white-hot awards season style!
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Gomez accentuated the dress with a pair of white-hot, pointed-toe heels with a strap around the ankle.
    — Julia Teti, WWD, 7 Jan. 2025
  • To the queen, her face an increasingly strained mask for her white-hot fury, they may as well have been cast into the wilderness.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
  • But Kendrick did not have to straddle a white-hot rivalry like Velazquez.
    — Matt Baker, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Rest assured, the desert set literally felt white-hot that day.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2024
  • If the idea was to bring the temperature down to something less white-hot, its mission was accomplished.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2024
  • What is probably not soon returning, regardless, is the white-hot activism of the last decade.
    — Ross Barkan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
  • When power is plentiful, those coils can heat up the graphite blocks to a glowing, white-hot temperature of over 2,700°F.
    — TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Ahsoka stakes her claim to her own series with a dazzling display of white-hot swordplay.
    — Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The property was reportedly lent (or leased) to Michael Jackson for a short time back in 2007, the white-hot apex of the late King of Pop’s molestation scandal.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Some even seek out white-hot foods, excited to challenge their digestion to the most searing peppers on the planet.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Despite enormous long-term potential, the short-term market bubble will likely burst before AI is smart enough to live up to the white-hot hype.
    — Niall Ferguson, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The white-hot rivalry between the Dodgers and Yankees extends far beyond the white lines of their respective ballparks.
    — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The question of who will succeed Logan Roy is at the white-hot center of Succession—and this week’s episode adds unexpected new twists to the drama.
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 3 Apr. 2023
  • But now, in the face of global climate change and human impact, the river is under threat, presenting conflict in an already white-hot part of the world.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Lawmakers and investors alike will be tuning in to this key data point to determine if the white-hot US labor market showed any sign of cooling at the start of the year.
    — Alicia Wallace, Krystal Hur, CNN, 8 Mar. 2023
  • In the kitchen, Lori Harvey organized an impromptu fashion show for TikTok, and the white-hot clip has racked up nearly 4 million views so far.
    — Vogue, 5 July 2023
  • These are the types of debates that rage white-hot after every significant, and some not-so-significant, event in men’s sports.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023
  • During the white-hot labor market of the past couple of years, Americans have been earning healthy wage increases but putting in fewer hours.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
  • When they are dropped, white-hot metal fragments can fly out in all directions, tearing through their surroundings.
    — Allegra Goodwin and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
  • By midday, the canyons and gorges of the vast park near the border of Nevada shimmered beneath the white-hot sun, but the relentless, eyeball-stinging heat wasn’t enough to stop visitors from braving the danger.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
  • Unlike my top surgery, the white-hot pain of being estranged from my only living parent sliced through me without any anesthetic.
    — Chala June, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2023
  • When a star like our sun expands into a red giant and sheds its outer layers, eventually the only thing left is a dense, white-hot stellar corpse known as a white dwarf.
    — Quanta Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023

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