Examples of hot air in a Sentence
She's full of hot air.
his taking credit for the rescue was mostly hot air, since the boat was actually saved by the Coast Guard
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Bristol International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, UK (August 8-10, 2025)
Every August, Bristol’s skies burst into color as hundreds of hot air balloons take flight in Europe’s largest and most spectacular balloon festival.
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Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
By day, travelers enjoy exclusive outdoor excursions, from climbing the sky-high Big Dune to flying over the region in a hot air balloon.
—AFAR Media, 30 May 2025
On May 12, the U.S. and China put their war of escalating tariffs on a 90-day pause, which took a lot of hot air out of Trump’s balloon.
—Michael Barclay, Quartz, 28 May 2025
Initially discovered during the first high-altitude flights in the 1920s, contrails are created when hot air from a plane’s engines condenses into ice crystals in the cold air.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 May 2025
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Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
By day, travelers enjoy exclusive outdoor excursions, from climbing the sky-high Big Dune to flying over the region in a hot air balloon.
—AFAR Media, 30 May 2025
On May 12, the U.S. and China put their war of escalating tariffs on a 90-day pause, which took a lot of hot air out of Trump’s balloon.
—Michael Barclay, Quartz, 28 May 2025
Initially discovered during the first high-altitude flights in the 1920s, contrails are created when hot air from a plane’s engines condenses into ice crystals in the cold air.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 May 2025
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“Hot air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20air. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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