How to Use hotly in a Sentence

hotly

adverb
Definition of hotlynext
  • While the seat is among the most hotly contested in the state this year, District 29 leans to the right.
    — Annie Martin, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The race was one of the most hotly contested among the five seats up for grabs on the council.
    — Taylor Kate Brown, SFChronicle.com, 10 Nov. 2020
  • The idea has been batted around and hotly debated for a long time.
    — Fatima Hussein, oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The movie, which was bought by Neon at Cannes, is hotly tipped to represent France is the Oscar race.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 29 Aug. 2023
  • To be sure, whether or not the market is in the midst of an AI bubble is still hotly debated.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The role of unions has been a hotly debated and politicized issue for years.
    — NBC News, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Those questions have been hotly debated in the public square over the past few weeks.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Like the novel, the show was hotly discussed, at least in certain circles.
    — Adelle Waldman, The Atlantic, 9 July 2024
  • The race is sure to be one of the most hotly contested in the country next year in purple Wisconsin.
    — Scott Bauer, chicagotribune.com, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The role of the church has been hotly contested in pre-trial proceedings.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Jones hotly denied that, and charges were later dropped.
    — Jeff Amy, ajc, 8 Feb. 2022
  • How much the thieves netted during the 2 a.m. snatch is hotly debated.
    — Richard Wintonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
  • The idea of a mileage tax has been hotly contested locally.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The races for three seats and the majority on the Carmel Clay Schools board has been hotly contested and, at times, ugly.
    — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The news comes as voter fraud has been hotly debated across the country.
    — Emma Colton, Washington Examiner, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Yet the issue of how to mete out the research money has been hotly debated.
    — New York Times, 18 May 2021
  • The race is expected to be one of the most hotly contested in the country with control of the Senate hanging in the balance.
    — Scott Bauer, Star Tribune, 17 Feb. 2021
  • CAFOs tend to be hotly debated for a number of reasons.
    — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 May 2022
  • Of the many changes set to hit 26th Street in the next few months, perhaps none has been more hotly debated than the reinstatement of the speedy-trial clocks.
    — Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2021
  • But any changes to the to the world of Pokémon are not just excitingly overdue but sure to be hotly debated.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Did Noelline find glory in being, for a short while, the talk of Naratrany, the damsel hotly contested by two doleful knights?
    — Andrea Lee, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The competition for cornerback jobs and snaps will be among the most hotly contested this summer and Jones should be in the thick of it.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2022
  • Since then, it has been hotly debated whether the fossil is its own separate genus or a small, young T. rex.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The Deluxe arrives just days before Sullivan is set to embark on the hotly in-demand Heaux Tales tour.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2022
  • But the issue of where the blame ultimately lies has been hotly contested in the courtroom.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The flowering of music-making in the deep past is hotly debated.
    — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The races to succeed them are likely to be hotly contested and expensive.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Just last weekend, constituents hotly complained about getting new appraisals in the mail, the three recalled.
    — Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The answer is hotly contested as Donald Trump prepares to take office.
    — Natasha Frost, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The biopharma sector has been hotly watched among investors over the past two years amid a boost to the industry by the growing popularity of the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drugs used in weight loss treatments.
    — Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024

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