How to Use white-hot in a Sentence

white-hot

adjective
  • And so is the white-hot glare of the spotlight now trained on Trump.
    — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 12 June 2023
  • The follow-up to his white-hot 2022 has been less thrilling.
    — The Enquirer, 13 Apr. 2023
  • But the white-hot rage of the MAGA base can’t be comfortable to bear.
    — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Simone Biles is heading back to the Olympics and the white-hot spotlight that comes with it.
    — CBS News, 30 June 2024
  • The Bulls were white-hot from long range in the first half, going 13-for-29 from behind the arc in the opening two frames.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The air was thick with steam, rolling in waves from a pile of white-hot stones below the wooden floorboards.
    — Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Inviting that in brought with it a white-hot rage, and a deep sense of clarity.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Jin’s crescendo of bitterness had reached its peak and found a white-hot fury.
    — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 6 May 2025
  • Grab a table at Elaine’s, order a glass of Dom Pérignon, and enjoy the white-hot spotlight.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
  • What began as a white-hot heel turn by The New Day has gone somewhat lukewarm over the last couple of months.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2025
  • By the third day, the two cores combined into a single white-hot core—the makings of a future planet.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
  • As Buolamwini well knows, in the white-hot world of AI, there’s plenty of unmasking yet to be done.
    — Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Jeremy Allen White’s stylist is taking fans behind the scenes of his white-hot awards season style!
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The white-hot hiring environment of a couple of years ago is long gone.
    — Courtenay Brown, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Gomez accentuated the dress with a pair of white-hot, pointed-toe heels with a strap around the ankle.
    — Julia Teti, WWD, 7 Jan. 2025
  • To the queen, her face an increasingly strained mask for her white-hot fury, they may as well have been cast into the wilderness.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
  • But Kendrick did not have to straddle a white-hot rivalry like Velazquez.
    — Matt Baker, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
  • At the center of this low-budget indie was a white-hot performance.
    — Wash Westmoreland, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Rest assured, the desert set literally felt white-hot that day.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2024
  • If the idea was to bring the temperature down to something less white-hot, its mission was accomplished.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2024
  • After a white-hot October (six goals), Mittelstadt scored just four times from Nov. 1 to Feb. 26.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
  • What is probably not soon returning, regardless, is the white-hot activism of the last decade.
    — Ross Barkan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
  • This Title Match had no business being this good after having to follow a white-hot first hour.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • When power is plentiful, those coils can heat up the graphite blocks to a glowing, white-hot temperature of over 2,700°F.
    — TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Ahsoka stakes her claim to her own series with a dazzling display of white-hot swordplay.
    — Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Aug. 2023
  • These white-hot picks will give you that crisp, clean winter look without breaking the bank — everything’s under $100!
    — Maria Correa, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The property was reportedly lent (or leased) to Michael Jackson for a short time back in 2007, the white-hot apex of the late King of Pop’s molestation scandal.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Some even seek out white-hot foods, excited to challenge their digestion to the most searing peppers on the planet.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Despite enormous long-term potential, the short-term market bubble will likely burst before AI is smart enough to live up to the white-hot hype.
    — Niall Ferguson, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
  • While her peers blew in white-hot, cooled to red-hot, then fizzled, flatlined, and peeled off into God knows where, Nicole Kidman just kept accelerating forward.
    — Danielle Pergament, Allure, 22 May 2025

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