as in searing
having a notably high temperature
the molten mass was still white-hot when the glassblower began to work his magic
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Recent Examples of white-hot
Even if a deal had been worked out, Iloski was unlikely to continue his white-hot pace of 10 goals scored over 479 minutes in 14 matches.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
Which pisses me off, even through my white-hot shame.
—Allison Lax, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2025
Demerzel shields the embryo with her body, and both are incinerated, vanishing in a white-hot instant, love and code consumed together.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
This isn't the first time sportsbooks have used the white-hot spotlight around and popularity of the couple as a business opportunity.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for white-hot
Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
Which pisses me off, even through my white-hot shame.
—Allison Lax, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2025
Demerzel shields the embryo with her body, and both are incinerated, vanishing in a white-hot instant, love and code consumed together.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
This isn't the first time sportsbooks have used the white-hot spotlight around and popularity of the couple as a business opportunity.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for white-hot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for white-hot
Adjective
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The searing drama follows the titular socialite (Tessa Thompson) over the course of one opulent, suffocating party.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Emergency responders worked around the clock to locate survivors, enduring searing heat and toxic fumes.—
Josh Green,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Scientific American,
3 Mar. 2020
Adjective
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Tofu pudding with piping-hot dipping sauce.—
Mike Valerio,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Offered by the slice only, the Milpitas exclusive is the True Italian, a New York thin-crust pizza topped with pesto, mozzarella, garlic, tomato, Romano cheese, oregano and garlic oil, with the option to add goat cheese, ricotta cheese and hot honey.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Please tell me the sequel could answer the most burning question of the ’00s: How could Austin not recognize Sam in that mask?—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
13 Aug. 2025
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Cooper, 30, asked Hargitay one more burning question about the actors' on-screen alter egos: will Olivia and Elliot ever end up together?—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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Her sculptural bookshelf and semicircular floor lamps possess a molten heft—their softened edges appearing raw and time-weathered.—
Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
7 Nov. 2025
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This result provides the first concrete proof of the technical feasibility of using thorium in a molten-salt reactor system.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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“White-hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white-hot. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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