How to Use heat up in a Sentence

heat up

phrasal verb

• The electric heater warms up in seconds, heating up to 200 square feet with minimal noise.
  — Maggie Horton, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
• As temperatures drop and demand for winter gear heats up, the beloved retailer is slashing prices on last season’s footwear styles.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2024
• The atmosphere heated up, and the thick dust cloud prevented microbes from converting sunlight into energy.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
• Use caution while using lawnmowers, leaf blowers, all-terrain vehicles, and other power equipment as their engines can heat up enough to ignite leaves and grass.
  — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
• Kurt Russell’s character MacReady is using a flamethrower to heat up a wire and then stab it into a blood sample taken from every member of the science team.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
• The brakes heated up in the process and the airport fire brigade was called in to help cool them down.
  — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
• Now the draft is held just as the trade deadline action heats up.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
• Things seemed to start heating up about six months ago.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2024
• And as his team heated up, Preller went all in at the trade deadline.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
• The curling iron heated up quickly and the cord was a nice length.
  — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2023
• And then when the Rangers began to heat up in the third, Bobrovsky stood tall and went a perfect 11 for 11.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024
• The machine heats up fast and produces a rich, smooth, and balanced cup.
  — Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 13 Sep. 2024
• While the weather heats up, other chains are rolling out frozen treats.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
• The war is only just starting to heat up on House of the Dragon, but the end is already in sight.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
• As metro Phoenix heats up, residents look for ways to cool off.
  — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2024
• The Sun is slowly heating up and in half a billion years will boil away Earth’s oceans.
  — Michael Wysession, Fortune, 27 July 2023
• Siberia is heating up around twice as quickly as other parts of the world.
  — Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
• But as the beef heats up, Kendrick and Drake start to get more blatant in their attacks on each other.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 6 May 2024
• There are less families that come out when the weather heats up.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 9 July 2024
• The comet’s debris heats up when met by friction from the Earth’s atmosphere and lights up.
  — Alisa Tang, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
• But something awful’s brewing in Macon, and the war on Hell is about to heat up.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
• Summer might be in full swing, but back-to-school deals and trends are already heating up.
  — Andre Claudio, WWD, 16 July 2024
• Shopping malls and concept stores When the city heats up, Riyadh’s residents hit the malls.
  — Nicola Chilton, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Aug. 2023
• This one is made from stainless steel and can heat up in as little as 18 minutes.
  — Lauren Finney Harden, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2024
• The cool weather lasts into early next week, so locate the jacket and heat up the cider.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
• The trend is only just heating up with the movie about the iconic doll set to hit theaters on July 21.
  — Kaitlyn Huamani, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
• While the water is heating up, use that prep time to rinse the green beans in a colander, then use a sharp knife to trim their woody stem ends.
  — Carly Westerfield, Bon Appétit, 30 Oct. 2023
• Air in front of the objects is compressed and heats up, which cooks, erodes, cracks open and obliterates the debris.
  — Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 20 May 2024
• As a result, the top few inches of soil or rock heat up rapidly over the course of a day, and in turn warm the overlying air.
  — Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
• Things begin to heat up Sunday, when the high is forecast to reach 83 degrees.
  — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 23 May 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024