hotheaded

Example Sentences

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Johnny, the youngest and most literally hotheaded of the group, is apt to light himself on fire when he can’t be bothered to find a flashlight.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025

Chicago Ebon is the one who embodies Richie, the hotheaded consigliere in “The Bear,” a scuzzily charismatic dude whose masculinity lands somewhere between woefully misguided and willfully abrasive.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

After a legal odyssey of nearly five years, the Justice Department decided last week not to reopen the federal criminal civil rights investigation of two hotheaded U.S.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022

Liotta’s first big film role was in Jonathan Demme’s “Something Wild” as Melanie Griffith’s character’s hotheaded ex-convict husband Ray.

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2022

Let Jay tell it, I’m stubborn like my daddy, smart-mouthed like my daddy, and hotheaded like my daddy.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas