white-hot
adjective
1
: being at or radiating white heat
2
a
: extremely hot
b
: exhibiting or marked by extreme fervor or zeal
white-hot enthusiasm
Examples of white-hot in a Sentence
the molten mass was still white-hot when the glassblower began to work his magic
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No ordinary exterminator can vanquish these genius roaches, who are not only brilliant but also full of a white-hot thirst for revenge that can never be sated.
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Jonathan Zeller, New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2026
Feeding black holes also usually emit copious ultraviolet radiation from the white-hot disks of material that pile up around their insatiable maws.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2026
Oddsmakers aren't so sure, making the white-hot and fifth-seeded Texans (12-5) the early favorite even though Houston has never won a road playoff game in its 24-year history.
—CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
The movie turned her into an international icon, as well as putting Saint-Tropez on the white-hot map.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2025
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Jonathan Zeller, New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2026
Feeding black holes also usually emit copious ultraviolet radiation from the white-hot disks of material that pile up around their insatiable maws.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2026
Oddsmakers aren't so sure, making the white-hot and fifth-seeded Texans (12-5) the early favorite even though Houston has never won a road playoff game in its 24-year history.
—CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
The movie turned her into an international icon, as well as putting Saint-Tropez on the white-hot map.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for white-hot
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“White-hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white-hot. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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