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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Outside, temperatures were in the 30s; inside, the crowd’s white-hot anticipation surged.
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Hunter Lacey, Allure, 10 Dec. 2025
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—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 6 Dec. 2025
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Hunter Lacey, Allure, 10 Dec. 2025
In Friday’s triumph over the white-hot Washington Capitals, Sennecke started inside the blue line and worked his way down low to create something from not much on his primary assist to another aspiring star, Cutter Gauthier.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 6 Dec. 2025
Across Silicon Valley, the AI talent war has become white-hot in 2025.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2025
Valbuena was returning during white-hot tensions with the United States.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for white-hot
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“White-hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white-hot. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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