hot water

Example Sentences

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Videogame stocks have been in hot water recently.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

A squirt of dish soap, a cup of hot water, a few pulses to loosen the worst of it—then a quick pass with a brush.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

There were requests for hot water for instant noodles and Gil queued up the paper cups and yes, sorry, promised to attend to them in just a moment.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Also finding himself in hot water was USA manager Mark DeRosa, who nearly allowed his team to be eliminated in pool play because he didn’t know the rules.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

Or that in two days, I hadn't figured out how to get the hot water to work in my uncle's bathroom and that no form of deodorant would mask the stench of my body odor.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi