scorching hot

idiom

: extremely hot
a scorching hot day

Examples of scorching hot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The latest data, which continues the trend of scorching hot hiring earlier this year, is likely to play into the Federal Reserve's decision on whether to cut its benchmark interest rate this year, and by how much. Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024 The standoff that scorching hot day in February on a remote stretch of the Sarstoon River lasted just a few minutes. Simon Romero Alejandro Cegarra, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024 Knicks Injuries: The Knicks have slid in the standings a bit after their scorching hot start in January and that’s primarily because of injuries to Julius Randle, OG Anunoby and Isaiah Hartenstein. Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024 The Duke Gets Desperate delights with its feisty heroine, beefy hero, and scorching hot love scenes. EW.com, 16 Nov. 2023 Remove the paella from the heat (take extra caution to protect your hands with welding gloves as the pan will be scorching hot), and let stand, covered, for 10 minutes to cool. Cindy Dampier, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 Lots of bathers under umbrellas at the 'playa', the city's sandy beach, to find refreshment on a scorching hot Sunday with a maximum alert level for high temperatures on July 16, 2023 in Catania, Italy. Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2024 Companies big and small have been swarming California’s largest lake for years, trying to find a cost-effective way to pull out the lithium dissolved in scorching hot fluid deep beneath the lake’s southern end. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023 The exhaust, still scorching hot, then enters a heat recovery system to generate steam, which spins a second turbine to produce more electricity. David Wagman, IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2018

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“Scorching hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scorching%20hot. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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