hothouse

Example Sentences

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Baton Rouge is a merciless hothouse that won’t accept anything short of national titles, but presumably he knows the madness he’s walking into.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

He had turned Manhattan’s Jewish Museum into an avant-garde hothouse during his brief tenure as director, from 1962 to 1964, including with solo shows of Rauschenberg and his former lover, Jasper Johns.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2024

Jawaharlal Nehru University, named for India’s first prime minister, is one of the country’s premier liberal institutions, a hothouse of strong opinions and left-leaning values whose graduates populate the upper echelons of academia and government.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024

As Anfield responded to Klopp's call to put Arsenal into a hothouse atmosphere, the Gunners stayed calm despite riding their luck on occasions.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2023

Now before his walks he often stopped into the hothouse to take a look at his plants.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman