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

The new owners don't reside in the hothouse of Glasgow football, they don't feel the emotion and they look less likely to react to the thunder of the fans in a way their predecessors did.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

Many who follow the sport would agree that few coaches last long in those overpriced hothouse environments.

From Salon • Aug. 15, 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

On a low glass table stood a giant spray of hothouse flowers.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan