warm up
Example Sentences
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It took the Kabachiy family several days to warm up their village house.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
These devices produce an electrical signal when they warm up after absorbing incoming light.
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026
Prices were already seeing a “slow, steady uptick” with spring-break travel right around the corner, said De Haan, and as temperatures warm up, fuel demand increases from now though mid to late July.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 1, 2026
Arsenal have got to be careful they don't warm up in the Chelsea half again, for starters.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
I stepped closer to his electric heater to warm up my toes.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.