How to Use hot seat in a Sentence

hot seat

noun
  • Lovie is the lucky one of the four on our hot seat list last year.
    — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • No more breathers while the other folks were on the hot seat.
    — John Wildermuth, SFChronicle.com, 15 Mar. 2020
  • Gabe Kapler could be on the hot seat if things don't turn around.
    — Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 15 July 2019
  • At the same time, not every project seems to be in the hot seat.
    — New York Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Steve Sarkisian is not on any hot seat by a long shot.
    — Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2026
  • But there is one job that has become something of a hot seat.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 4 May 2026
  • Harsin is believed to be on the hot seat as the coach at Auburn.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2022
  • If the team is focused on winning, there is no hot seat for him.
    — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 19 July 2024
  • Kingsbury, on the other hand, could very well be on the hot seat.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The initial two might’ve put Tang on the proverbial hot seat.
    — Sam McDowell February 16, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2026
  • This has put the world's third-most valuable company in the hot seat.
    — Frank Bajak, Star Tribune, 17 Apr. 2021
  • There may not be a coach in the NFL who is on more of a hot seat.
    — Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Although the season is over, Richards hasn't been able to get out of the hot seat.
    — Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Derek Mason was presumed to be on the hot seat prior to the win.
    — Thomas Neumann, ajc, 26 Nov. 2017
  • The Bachelorette's time in the hot seat begins as a love fest.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The three-mile stretch is crisp, clean and offers a pretty hot seat to the park’s mountains and scenery.
    — Sara Cagle, latimes.com, 29 June 2018
  • So, that puts James Comey in the hot seat for a wide variety of things.
    — Fox News, 6 June 2018
  • If Nagy is indeed on the hot seat, Pace’s job would seem to be in danger as well.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Tom Perez is again in the hot seat over the lack of diversity on the debate stage.
    — Annah Aschbrenner, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2020
  • If Texas Tech struggles this fall, is Matt Wells on the hot seat?
    — Scott Bell, Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The rest of the group has one simple goal, which is to make the person on the hot seat laugh without touching them.
    — Jeremy Engle, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2020
  • Rennie was even on the hot seat in the eyes of the Indy Eleven front office.
    — Kevin Johnston, The Indianapolis Star, 18 June 2021
  • Many fans and media members have placed him on the proverbial hot seat following an abysmal year.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Chip Kelly’s hot seat has cooled a bit the last two weeks, but a loss to Cal could warm it right back up.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2021
  • The collapse has placed coach Ron Rivera on the hot seat for 2019.
    — oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2019
  • In the past, the free agent market was drive largely by GMs and coaches on the hot seat.
    — Albert Breer, SI.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • But that pattern of success hasn't emerged in Chicago, and now Fox is on the hot seat.
    — Chad Yoder, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Coach Chuck Pagano is in his sixth season with the Colts and has been on the hot seat before.
    — Gentry Estes, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2017
  • So why does Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin seem to be in the hot seat?
    — Chelsea Gohd, Scientific American, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Smart, who was on the hot seat to start the season, has guided the Longhorns to an 11-2 record.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2021

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