Examples of hot key in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
No Excel competitor uses a mouse, only hot keys, so Hoaglin’s fingers fly across the keyboard, her glasses changing colors as the tabs change.
—
Jesse Dougherty, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2026
Things like air-conditioning, seat heating and cooling, and hot keys to jump to various media functions are all proper buttons.
—Alex Goy, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Jesse Dougherty, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2026
Things like air-conditioning, seat heating and cooling, and hot keys to jump to various media functions are all proper buttons.
—Alex Goy, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
Cite this Entry
“Hot key.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20key. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
