How to Use hot air in a Sentence

hot air

noun
  • She's full of hot air.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Seal gaps and cracks with caulk or weather stripping to keep the cold air out in the winter and the hot air out in the summer.
    Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The heat wave, caused by a dome of hot air hovering over the state, caused most of it to swelter Thursday.
    Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Sep. 2022
  • And, why not a hot air balloon ride to give you some perspective on life?
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
  • When a home needs cooling, the heat pumps pull hot air from indoors and pump it outside.
    Chris Moody, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Tracing your steps back through Arc Zero and past the hot air balloon is a small black box of a place.
    April Wallace, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Tucked under the lid is a thick rubber gasket, which seals out hot air.
    Sal Vaglica, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022
  • And a big hot air mass sitting over the middle United States blocked the storm from turning east.
    Time, 22 Aug. 2023
  • In the past, attendees have arrived in a hot air balloon, a golf cart, and even an ice cream truck!
    Seventeen Editors, Seventeen, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The scenes were filmed from a tethered hot air balloon, a fashionable leisure pastime of the day.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Some, like hot air balloons, work by being lighter than air.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Of course, life isn’t all rose ceremonies and hot air balloon rides.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN, 25 Mar. 2022
  • This will replace the rising hot air with cold air, keeping the entire house cool.
    Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In the fullness of time, these commitments, pledges and promises proved to be nothing but gusts of hot air.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2022
  • But Zuvi’s drying method doesn’t just blow hot air around.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 5 June 2022
  • While this spray can be used to boost dry hair, it can also be used before restyling with heat, such as with a hot air brush.
    Rebecca Norris, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • As hot air near the base of a flame rises, gravity pulls in colder, denser air to replace it.
    Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The streak of light is glowing, hot air as the meteor speeds through Earth's atmosphere.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2023

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