How to Use heat up in a Sentence

heat up

phrasal verb

• That, Rust said, is when Crosby will pick up the slack and heat up.
  — Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
• The brakes heated up in the process and the airport fire brigade was called in to help cool them down.
  — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
• Now the draft is held just as the trade deadline action heats up.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
• The weather may be heating up, but your skin doesn’t have to.
  — Cierra Black, Essence, 24 June 2025
• Things seemed to start heating up about six months ago.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2024
• And as his team heated up, Preller went all in at the trade deadline.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
• The curling iron heated up quickly and the cord was a nice length.
  — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2023
• The Mets are heating up and just put some pressure on the Phillies to perform well down the stretch.
  — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
• And then when the Rangers began to heat up in the third, Bobrovsky stood tall and went a perfect 11 for 11.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024
• As the planet heated up, some microbes found refuge in the clouds.
  — Carl Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
• The Dubs were the frog in the pot, with Boston steadily heating up the water as the game progressed.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
• The debate will heat up again when the nominees for the class of 2025 are announced in a few weeks.
  — Troy Smith, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
• The machine heats up fast and produces a rich, smooth, and balanced cup.
  — Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 13 Sep. 2024
• While the weather heats up, other chains are rolling out frozen treats.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
• The war is only just starting to heat up on House of the Dragon, but the end is already in sight.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
• He's heated up at the perfect time, lighting the lamp four times in his last five games.
  — Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
• Now, that all began to change in 1774 when the conflict between the colonists and Britain began to heat up.
  — Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
• As metro Phoenix heats up, residents look for ways to cool off.
  — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2024
• The Sun is slowly heating up and in half a billion years will boil away Earth’s oceans.
  — Michael Wysession, Fortune, 27 July 2023
• Inflation heated up to 3% last month for the first time since June.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
• Siberia is heating up around twice as quickly as other parts of the world.
  — Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
• But as the beef heats up, Kendrick and Drake start to get more blatant in their attacks on each other.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 6 May 2024
• Once the steamer is heated up, shoot all of the vinegar out into your sink.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
• There are less families that come out when the weather heats up.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 9 July 2024
• The comet’s debris heats up when met by friction from the Earth’s atmosphere and lights up.
  — Alisa Tang, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
• One trick for longer-lasting curl on your eyelashes is to heat up your eyelash curler using a blow dryer.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
• Interest in credit cards is expected to heat up in 2026.
  — Natalie Wu valentina Duarte, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
• As water circulates through the equipment, the equipment cools, and the water heats up.
  — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
• Place Space Heaters Wisely Space heaters can be the most effective way to heat up a bedroom.
  — Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 28 Jan. 2026
• Keyshawn Hall is heating up for Auburn, and the guard has eight of his 14 this half.
  — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 28 Jan. 2026