How to Use hot air in a Sentence
hot air
noun- She's full of hot air.
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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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