warm to
phrasal verb
warmed to; warming to; warms to
1
: to begin to feel affection for (someone)
She quickly warmed to her guests.
2
: to begin to be interested in or excited about (something)
It took them a while to warm to the idea.
Examples of warm to in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Greenhalgh also warmed to a teenage Mario Balotelli.
—
Stuart James, New York Times, 31 May 2025
The agreement calls for limiting warming to well below the 2-degree level over the long-term, though a single year at that mark would not break the pact’s goal.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
Select warm to hot water depending on what your towel care label recommends.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 27 May 2025
The research by an international team of sea level and polar ice experts suggests that limiting warming to 2.7° Fahrenheit (1.5° Celsius) above the pre-industrial temperature—the Paris Climate Agreement’s target—isn’t low enough to prevent a worst-case meltdown of Earth’s polar ice sheets.
—ArsTechnica, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for warm to
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Stuart James, New York Times, 31 May 2025
The agreement calls for limiting warming to well below the 2-degree level over the long-term, though a single year at that mark would not break the pact’s goal.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
Select warm to hot water depending on what your towel care label recommends.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 27 May 2025
The research by an international team of sea level and polar ice experts suggests that limiting warming to 2.7° Fahrenheit (1.5° Celsius) above the pre-industrial temperature—the Paris Climate Agreement’s target—isn’t low enough to prevent a worst-case meltdown of Earth’s polar ice sheets.
—ArsTechnica, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for warm to
Cite this Entry
“Warm to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warm%20to. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share