hot air
Example Sentences
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Was it a prescient warning or a bunch of hot air?
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
A buddy asks if he’s being sarcastic, and the kid collapses like a hot air balloon: “I don’t even know anymore.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
But there was a muted celebratory air as teams loaded candles and fireworks onto the homemade airships, part of the annual Tazaungdaing hot air balloon festival in northern Shan state's Taunggyi city.
From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025
To overcome these limitations, engineers have long relied on nickel-based superalloys for parts that must withstand hot air or combustion gases.
From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2025
Dragons soared and wheeled above and between the mountains, spiraling up on the currents of hot air that filled their leathery wings, like sparks spiraling up from a bonfire.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.