How to Use heat wave in a Sentence

heat wave

noun
Definition of heat wavenext
Synonyms for heat wavenext
  • In the summer of 2022 a heat wave in London dried out the lakes in Crystal Palace Park.
    — Rebecca Giggs, The New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Free 7-Eleven Slurpees are here just in time to fend off this summer's heat wave.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • The lingering drought and heat wave across the western and central U.S.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2023
  • But if the heat persists, or if there are too many marine heat waves back-to-back, the corals die.
    — Ryan Kellman, NPR, 17 Apr. 2024
  • This kind of heat wave is bringing up all the chinks in the infrastructure.
    — David Pogue, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Over the past decade, the country has faced increasing droughts, wildfires, and heat waves.
    — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2023
  • This region of the Pacific has been under the grip of a marine heat wave since May.
    — Delger Erdenesanaa, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The summer of 2023 was marked by heat waves throughout the Northern hemisphere.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
  • Last summer saw brutal heat waves roil large parts of the country, which claimed at least 200 lives.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
  • That heat wave shattered records since the system first hit the region on July 2.
    — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
  • Europe is in the midst of a heat wave, and while Olympic athletes in Paris for the 2024 Summer Games might be spared the worst of it, the weather will still be hot.
    — Brian P. McCullough, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2024
  • The issues of brown-outs, floods, droughts, rougher seas, heat waves, etc. could describe both Shenzhen and Houston in the past year.
    — Kenneth Dewoskin, Fortune, 15 May 2024
  • As a dangerous heat wave hits the nation, Phoenix is poised to break its record for most 110-degree days.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • When the inevitable August heat wave hits hard, lay out with a glass of green gazpacho.
    — Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Non-urgent tasks would have to be postponed during heat waves.
    — Janet Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
  • Like many Americans, Michael Pittman had grown used to strains on the electric grid from summer heat waves or storms.
    — Ivan Penn, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Nation/World The fingerprints of climate change are all over the intense heat waves gripping the globe this month, a new study finds.
    — Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2023
  • Marine heat waves are killing sea life and fueling stronger storms.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Since this summer’s heat wave, Enochs and his team have been back to Cheeca Rocks as often as possible.
    — Alie Skowronski, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
  • During a heat wave last summer, one bill reached almost $600.
    — Ivan Penn, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Central and southern China saw parts of the Yangtze River dry up amid its historic heat wave.
    — Naema Ahmed, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The interior of a car is one of the most dangerous places for young children and pets during a heat wave.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 July 2024
  • During the summer heat wave, 95% of companies did shut down, Bratcher told me.
    — Dallas News, 15 Dec. 2022
  • It must be made using milk from cows that are grass-fed — a hurdle when pastures were destroyed as a heat wave swept the country this year.
    — Time, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Radiator fans move air over the turbos in the valley of the V. Look in the rearview and heat waves distort everything behind you.
    — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 6 Mar. 2023
  • During a heat wave, hundreds of autoworkers died in plants in Michigan.
    — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
  • In India, tomatoes prices soared more than 400% last month after scorching heat waves and heavy rains.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
  • And even then, the plants will have to contend with Europe’s intensifying heat waves.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Summer heat waves force people inside and into close proximity.
    — Libby Richards, The Conversation, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Beryl knocked out power to Houston during a heat wave, leaving thousands of residents without cooling as the temperature and humidity reached dangerous highs.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 14 Aug. 2024

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