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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Isabelle Kliger, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Its profoundly intimidating core cast come together as the white-hot heart of an espionage love story.
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My white-hot reaction was set off by that one word.
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Isabelle Kliger, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Its profoundly intimidating core cast come together as the white-hot heart of an espionage love story.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 June 2025
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
My white-hot reaction was set off by that one word.
—Dawn Staley, New York Times, 20 May 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 26 Jun. 2025.
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