How to Use hot air in a Sentence

hot air

noun
  • She's full of hot air.
  • When that hot air arrives over land, the atmosphere traps it.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 25 July 2021
  • There, the hot air balloon became caught in a grove of trees in the border city of Piermont.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 18 July 2021
  • Because of gravity, hot air rises and cooler air whooshes in to fill the space.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2021
  • That bright streak is not actually the rock, but rather the glowing hot air as the hot rock zips through the atmosphere.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN, 28 July 2021
  • Created by cool air rushing to take the place of hot air, the whirl's spinning can hurl embers and sparks great distances.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 20 July 2021
  • Fire tornadoes occur as a plume of hot air rises within a fire, which draws more air from outside to replace it.
    BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2021
  • As the hot air rises away from the fire, air near the ground rushes in to fill the void, supercharging wind speeds at the surface.
    Matt Simon, Wired, 27 July 2021
  • Then the hot air grew drier and breezier, forcing a more conservative approach.
    BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2021
  • Instead, portions of it are in a warehouse in town, waiting to be recycled into parts for other hot air balloons.
    Ben Eisen, WSJ, 23 July 2021
  • The sky was dark, the hot air was thick, the music was loud and the lights were bright, a rookie sport getting its golden moment Wednesday night.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2021
  • But a medium-intensity fire might, if the atmosphere is already unstable and the rising hot air gives it a little jolt.
    Matt Simon, Wired, 27 July 2021
  • On the other hand, Steele does find surprising spaces of belonging, from a karaoke bar, to a hot air balloon ride, to a dirt track race in the middle of nowhere.
    Samantha Allen, Them, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The next byproduct of fire is heat — like the burner in a hot air balloon, the wildfire causes the bottom layer of the atmosphere to become less dense and therefore rise.
    Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Pyrocumulonimbus clouds form when incredibly hot air and strong winds collide with the moisture in the atmosphere, according to the Chronicle.
    Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 20 July 2021
  • Bystanders rushed to the aid of the people on the hot air balloon.
    Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2022
  • Turn them on during the day to draw hot air out of your home.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2022
  • Or, take a hot air balloon ride to get a bird's-eye view of the landscape.
    Stefanie Waldek, Country Living, 7 Oct. 2022
  • When the room needs heat, the fan within the Cozy circulates hot air through the room.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
  • Heat pumps take the moist air from inside the dryer, pull out the moisture, and send the hot air back in.
    Gabrielle Hondorp, Popular Mechanics, 2 July 2022
  • At the time, 500 miles was the furthest a hot air balloon had traveled.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Users can even change their car icon to a serene hot air balloon.
    Blake Morgan, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Rolleri adds that a pro tip for this would be to hit the can with cold hair after the hot air.
    Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The outcome was a lot of hot air, which did not even include a pledge to phase out coal.
    Nnimmo Bassey, Scientific American, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Point your fan toward a window to force hot air out of your home.
    Javier Panzar, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • For a bird’s eye view of the landscape, opt for a hot air balloon flight or a scenic flight across the great African wild.
    Karthika Gupta, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2023
  • This lid of high pressure seals in the hot air, creating a heat dome.
    Jack Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The only way to guarantee crispy skin is to make sure hot air hits the wings on all sides.
    Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Great chance to see hot air balloons in flight and enjoy some good food.
    Sam Boyer, cleveland, 21 July 2023
  • Stock prices rose on hype and, absent hot air, are falling back to earth.
    Andy Kessler, WSJ, 15 May 2022

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