heat up
Example Sentences
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With gas or oil, you can heat up a room very quickly.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
“Preserved berries. Fermented ingredients. You heat up your house with a burning stove, and at the same time you put root vegetables or a meat pot inside. You share the warmth in that way.”
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
The question for investors is whether this will heat up ICE’s ice-cold stock.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
The price of coal used in power generation is starting to heat up again, as conflict in the Middle East fans concerns about global energy security.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
Then, while you were waiting for the pan to heat up, you spread butter on the outside sides of the sourdough bread.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.