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
  • The best way to trap that body heat, experts say, is to dress in layers.
    — Karen Garciastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • Our body heat then warms the air and the layers keep that cozy space contained next to our skin.
    — Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2021
  • These use your body heat to form to your foot after a few days of riding.
    — Déjà Leonard, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Plus, the Ghost Ice cover helps wick away moisture and body heat.
    — Kate Barrington, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The rattlesnake can sense—perhaps see—the body heat of its mammalian prey.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Seating was dense, allowing mass body heat to take some of the chill from the evening air.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • The video’s infrared gaze captures a man’s body heat and breathing.
    — Jeremy Hallock, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2020
  • This will absorb body heat to cool you down as the night progresses.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Birds have no sweat glands so panting is their way to get rid of excess body heat.
    — Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 8 July 2021
  • These air pockets allow your own body heat to keep you warm.
    — John Pana, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • This helps the comforter keep you dry and help regulate your body heat during the night.
    — Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The foil traps body heat to make the acetone work more effectively.
    — Melissa Magsaysay, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2020
  • 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
  • The cold water saps body heat 25 times faster than air of the same temperature.
    — Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 26 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Plus the mitten design allows your body heat to keep all your fingers tight and warm.
    — Claire Maldarelli, Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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