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

As hot air rises off the desert floor, cooler air pours down from above and funnels between the mountain ranges, sending unpredictable gusts sweeping across the tennis complex.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

In the summer, it can lead to droughts but also heatwaves as hot air is drawn in from the south-east.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Heat at the base of a continent can weaken and remove part of its dense root, making the continent lighter and more buoyant, like a hot air balloon rising after dropping its ballast.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2025

Pa let Mrs.’s question hang in the hot air.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia