How to Use heat up in a Sentence

heat up

verb
  • Invest in bulbs that don’t heat up your home.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
  • As the loaf heats up, moisture on the crust turns to steam.
    — Devra Ferst, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 June 2026
  • If talks heat up, slow the tempo and breathe at home or at work.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
  • Back then, the rubber would heat up from the sun and burn her feet.
    — Alyssa Morin, InStyle, 24 June 2026
  • Back then, the rubber would heat up from the sun and burn her feet.
    — Alyssa Morin, InStyle, 23 May 2026
  • Then the Dodgers’ bats heated up in earnest.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • Things will really start to heat up this week.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 22 June 2026
  • Over the next few days, ocean breezes will die down and the beaches will heat up.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • Ohtani has been heating up at the plate, with four home runs in the last six games.
    — CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • Are prices heating up again behind the scenes?
    — Staff Reports, USA Today, 7 June 2026
  • Deals this week are heating up, so don't get left behind!
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 7 Apr. 2026
  • This lag is due to the time required for ground and water to heat up.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • Here are the national parks that rise to the top when the temps heat up.
    — Dave Parfitt, USA Today, 9 May 2026
  • My face heated up with delight.
    — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • New York's 3-point records were just heating up.
    — CBS News, 10 May 2026
  • Analog chips are heating up too.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 26 May 2026
  • Levi’s World Cup fever is heating up.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Those discussions may soon heat up.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The shift comes as inflation shows signs of heating up again.
    — Mike Winters, CNBC, 10 June 2026
  • First, burning gas and coal is still heating up the planet.
    — David Pogue, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Baseball season is starting to heat up, boys and girls.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
  • When the oven heats up again, leftover residue can bake onto the surface.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 13 June 2026
  • An older home with single-pane windows and cracks in the walls heats up fast.
    — Zoltan Nagy, The Conversation, 23 June 2026
  • It’s made of drapey linen that’s sure to feel cool and lightweight when the days and nights are heating up.
    — Cheryl Wagemann, InStyle, 29 June 2026
  • Then Kansas City will begin to heat up.
    — Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
  • The weather is heating up and people will be heading to the beach to cool off.
    — Richard Guzman, Daily News, 13 May 2026
  • The race for battery supremacy seems to be heating up at the moment.
    — New Atlas, 9 Apr. 2026
  • While running, a Coleman hot tub is quiet and heats up fast.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
  • Sometimes, cloudy places just aren’t as cloudy for a few months, which lets more sunlight in and heats up the ocean.
    — Dillon Amaya, The Conversation, 12 June 2026
  • Check the label on your clothing item before heating up the iron.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 June 2026

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