body heat
Example Sentences
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Yaks lived on the ground floor of their homes, their body heat warming the rooms above.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
She explains that the trapped person's body heat can warm the rubble around them, allowing rescuers to "see through some types of walls".
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Heat stress -- the name given to the hazardous build-up of body heat caused by soaring temperatures, humidity and other factors -- is one of the most common ways that weather kills people.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Their collective body heat raises the cave’s temperature to a sweltering 106°F, and the piles of guano beneath them are deep enough to bury the Statue of Liberty to her waist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
But then their body heat melts the ice walls, and they slide down a little farther.
From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart
