white-hot
adjective
1
: being at or radiating white heat
2
a
: extremely hot
b
: exhibiting or marked by extreme fervor or zeal
white-hot enthusiasm
Examples of white-hot in a Sentence
the molten mass was still white-hot when the glassblower began to work his magic
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Niall Stanage, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Silicon Valley’s white-hot tech economy pushed up housing costs.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2025
Jury empanelment is set to begin on Tuesday for what promises to be a white-hot retrial.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
Last Sunday, Duke took just 45 field goal attempts (compared to a whopping 68 FGA by Baylor) and managed to turn those into 89 points thanks to white-hot 64 percent shooting from the floor.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
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“White-hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white-hot. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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