How to Use hot air in a Sentence

hot air

noun
  • She's full of hot air.
  • Plus, where to take a hot air balloon ride.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
  • Has the plant been exposed to a cold draft or hot air?
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Turn them on during the day to draw hot air out of your home.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2022
  • Users can even change their car icon to a serene hot air balloon.
    — Blake Morgan, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Sudden blasts of cold or hot air stress the plant and turn its leaves brown.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
  • And from our testing, that claim seems to be more than just, well, hot air.
    — Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 20 Jan. 2021
  • That hot air then gets dispelled into the house.
    — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Get glossy hair with the ease of a hot air brush and the control of a flat brush.
    — Liana Schaffner, Allure, 9 Dec. 2017
  • In fact, a lot of that hot air mass is hanging well offshore.
    — Gary Robbins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Point your fan toward a window to force hot air out of your home.
    — Javier Panzar, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Great chance to see hot air balloons in flight and enjoy some good food.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 21 July 2023
  • The heat pump takes hot air from inside your home and moves it outside.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 2 June 2026
  • Stock prices rose on hype and, absent hot air, are falling back to earth.
    — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 15 May 2022
  • Or, take a hot air balloon ride to get a bird's-eye view of the landscape.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Country Living, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The hot air rises; the cooler air from above the sea blows in to take its place.
    — The Economist, 27 June 2019
  • That first blast of hot air will cause the plastic to shrivel and could cause a fire.
    — Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2020
  • The outcome was a lot of hot air, which did not even include a pledge to phase out coal.
    — Nnimmo Bassey, Scientific American, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The vent means that hot air is moved away from your body, rather than heating you further.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Bystanders rushed to the aid of the people on the hot air balloon.
    — Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2022
  • This lid of high pressure seals in the hot air, creating a heat dome.
    — Jack Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Sep. 2022
  • And, why not a hot air balloon ride to give you some perspective on life?
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
  • But the central idea, like hot air and the truth, always rises.
    — Brendan Marks, charlotteobserver, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Rolleri adds that a pro tip for this would be to hit the can with cold hair after the hot air.
    — Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 31 Aug. 2022
  • When using it, don't suck in air near the fire -- that hot air and ash can damage the tool.
    — Anthony Marcusa, chicagotribune.com, 7 Oct. 2020
  • When the sun warms up the land, hot air and moisture rise in the atmosphere.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Others were more curt, saying that the speech is nothing but hot air.
    — Al Weaver, The Hill, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The beat-up cab had a tiny plastic fan mounted to the dashboard that blew hot air.
    — Michael A. Gonzales, The Root, 25 Mar. 2018
  • One of the fastest ways to dry out a fresh wreath is hanging it where it will be blasted with hot air.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Butterss’ bassline works like the ropes that keep a hot air balloon tethered to earth.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 17 Mar. 2026

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