How to Use hot-blooded in a Sentence

hot-blooded

adjective
  • This hot-blooded planet likes to take action, argue and fight.
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Sluggish, tail-dragging, dim-witted behemoths were out, and hot-blooded dinos were in.
    — Steve Brusatte, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Still, this is a hot-blooded rivalry game in prime time, and Miami quarterback Carson Beck has made some mistakes of late.
    — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Runnicles led with hot-blooded fervor, without burying Mahler’s counterpoint under the huge orchestral forces.
    — Lisa Hirsch, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The American designers have brought jolts of color, youth and hot-blooded sensuality to the brand, while also leaning into its legacy of leather craft.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff, apparently unconsummated in Brontë, is a hot-blooded affair in the movie.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
  • When The Departed becomes a hit, the narrative of Wahlberg versus Damon becomes a triumphant tale of King Marty keeping his hot-blooded A-listers in check.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026

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