How to Use body heat in a Sentence
body heat
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This will help keep the chilly wind out and your body heat in.
—Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2023
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The best way to trap that body heat, experts say, is to dress in layers.
—Karen Garciastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
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Curling up near a friend wasn’t enough, nor was the body heat from her dog, a young Husky mix.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
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Our body heat then warms the air and the layers keep that cozy space contained next to our skin.
—Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2021
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These use your body heat to form to your foot after a few days of riding.
—Déjà Leonard, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2023
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Plus, the Ghost Ice cover helps wick away moisture and body heat.
—Kate Barrington, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2021
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The rattlesnake can sense—perhaps see—the body heat of its mammalian prey.
—Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2021
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Seating was dense, allowing mass body heat to take some of the chill from the evening air.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2022
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Think long johns and thermals, which are designed to trap body heat and keep you warm in style.
—Shelby Ying Hyde, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Jan. 2022
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All of these fabrics help to ward off cold by trapping air that’s been warmed by your body heat close to the skin.
—Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2023
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The video’s infrared gaze captures a man’s body heat and breathing.
—Jeremy Hallock, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2020
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This will absorb body heat to cool you down as the night progresses.
—Chris Hachey, BGR, 10 Mar. 2021
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Birds have no sweat glands so panting is their way to get rid of excess body heat.
—Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 8 July 2021
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These air pockets allow your own body heat to keep you warm.
—John Pana, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2020
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Throw any damp layers from the day into the bottom of your bag — your body heat will help dry them.
—Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2020
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The wrong bedding can also trap in body heat, leading to pesky night sweats that soak your linens.
—Jillian Mueller, Health.com, 4 May 2021
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This helps the comforter keep you dry and help regulate your body heat during the night.
—Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2023
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The foil traps body heat to make the acetone work more effectively.
—Melissa Magsaysay, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2020
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Then, the pomade can be used as a solid perfume, rubbed along the pulse points at the neck and wrist to diffuse with body heat.
—Lily Stewart, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2024
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The cold water saps body heat 25 times faster than air of the same temperature.
—Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 26 Nov. 2020
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Wear snow boots with adequate tread that will keep your feet and ankles warm and dry, and a hat to keep body heat in.
—Julie Washington, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2022
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This means that way more body heat can pass straight through the fabric without getting trapped close to your skin.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 30 Jan. 2022
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Our body heat makes the ice melt faster, so putting your hand behind your back can quell that natural urge to grip the glass.
—Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 11 Jan. 2022
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Think of the emotional storm, the hopes and fears, the butterflies in the stomach, the rising body heat, the quickening breath.
—Yuval Noah Harari, Time, 12 Jan. 2023
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Around his shoulders is draped a beaver pelt coat, worn with the fur facing in to capture and preserve body heat.
—Scott Eisen, National Geographic, 11 Nov. 2020
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The Bowery draws body heat away from the surface of the bed, earning it an 8.5 out of 10 in the review team's coolness testing.
—Jillian Mueller, PEOPLE.com, 22 Nov. 2021
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Plus the mitten design allows your body heat to keep all your fingers tight and warm.
—Claire Maldarelli, Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2020
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Hypothermia is defined as the rapid loss of body heat, so rapid that heat is lost faster than the body can produce it.
—John Gordon, Outdoor Life, 11 Feb. 2020
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The evaporation of these cooling floods dispatch our body heat into the atmosphere with stellar efficiency and sweep us back from the brink of heatstroke or death.
—Sarah Everts, TIME, 16 July 2024
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Using a cooling mattress pad or topper can also help dissipate body heat and promote a comfortable sleep.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2024
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