How to Use hot spot in a Sentence

hot spot

noun
  • The new restaurant is the latest hot spot in town.
  • This part of the country is a hot spot of rebel activity.
  • From the rooms at Biltmore to hot spots around the charming town of Asheville.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
  • While moving through the charred home putting out hot spots, crews found the body.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2023
  • This draws sweat away from the foot, and helps reduce hot spots that cause blisters.
    Bob Beacham, Field & Stream, 21 June 2023
  • London, a cool tourism hot spot, is revved up for a tourist-eager 2024.
    Laura Manske, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But Quito is stepping up as a hot spot for design, food, and more.
    Ian Volner, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2023
  • That could put the Federal Reserve in a hot spot, even if the central bank tries to avoid it.
    Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Then, meet the architects using drones to map hot spots in our cities.
    CNN, 30 Aug. 2023
  • In Avdiivka, a hot spot in the battle for the city is an industrial zone to the east.
    Constant Méheut, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The North Atlantic had hot spots that alarmed scientists.
    Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 31 July 2023
  • And this morning there are still two wildfires burning as fire crews work to put out hot spots.
    ABC News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Varona, her husband, went to work on a ladder truck, putting water on hot spots in Wahikuli.
    Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Croatia The summer months have the streets of Croatian hot spots like Dubrovnik and Split packed with crowds.
    Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • These have a glove-like fit with an upper that doesn’t overlap too much around the top of your foot, which helps reduce hot spots.
    Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The 61-room boutique hotel is a luxurious new hot spot in the Marais.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Now with the stars' help and the publicity surrounding their ties to the store, the upstate New York shop has become a hot spot.
    Julie Jordan, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Of all the world’s hot spots, the South China Sea is one of the least remarked on and most potentially explosive.
    Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The Pinnacles — thin spires that rise from the sea floor — are diving hot spots, with one — the Eye of the Needle — peaking 90 feet below the surface.
    Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Be sure to have a working hot spot, especially if your Wi-Fi can get iffy.
    Samantha S. Thorpe, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The meat was evenly cooked with no hot spots or scorching detected.
    Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Made, a supper club turned hot spot known for Southern cuisine with a modern spin.
    Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Fly traps will work best if placed near insect hot spots, such as near doors, garbage cans, kitchen sinks, windows, and compost.
    Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023
  • But beyond its popular tourist hot spots, where do the locals go?
    Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The trio were photographed outside celebrity-favorite hot spot Sushi Park.
    Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Mix things up at Jambo Cafe, an African-Caribbean hot spot.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week Us, theweek, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The size of the cooking surface was excellent and efficient for cooking around the intentional hot spots on the sides of the wok.
    L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Because of this, the pool became a hot spot for the sick, blind, lame and paralyzed, including one sick man who’d been living at the pool’s edge for 38 years.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The area around the southwestern corner of the cemetery was a hot spot for raccoon interactions.
    Emily Anthes Andres Kudacki, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The place where local bands get to showcase their talent has become a hot spot watering hole.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024

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