How to Use heat wave in a Sentence

heat wave

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Definition of heat wavenext
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  • In Washington state, last year’s heat wave and drought caused wheat production to plummet to about half of its total the year before.
    — NBC News, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Six outside scientists said the quick study made sense and probably underestimated the extent of climate change’s role in the heat wave.
    — John Deering, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Matthew Lazzara say the Antarctica heat wave is a rare occurrence rather than a significant sign of climate change.
    — Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Even if Oregon manages to avoid another heat wave, July will still be high summer in Eugene, which can be plenty warm.
    — oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2022
  • It’s one thing to state how much of a heat wave is attributable to climate change; the answer depends on historical weather data and atmospheric physics.
    — Eric Roston, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Some survivors of the Indian heat wave become ecoterrorists and use swarms of drones to crash passenger planes; no one can figure out how to stop the drones, and everyone gets scared.
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022
  • San Diego County was experiencing day two of a rare winter heat wave that produced an even rarer heat advisory for the region’s 70-mile-long coast.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The heat wave is the worst to hit China in six decades.
    — Brian Spegele, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The body was exposed to a heat wave that baked the region.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
  • In a heat wave, some people wait too long to turn on the AC.
    — Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The heat wave has, for now, thrown those plans into doubt.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 4 May 2022
  • By Tuesday night, the skies above London had opened; the worst of the heat wave was over, for now.
    — Rosa Prince, CNN, 20 July 2022
  • Here's what to know That was a heat wave, but what about climate change?
    — Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • During the June heat wave last year, Portland reached a record of 116.
    — New York Times, 21 May 2022
  • Free 7-Eleven Slurpees are here just in time to fend off this summer's heat wave.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • But the heat wave is not expect to stick around for long in northern Utah.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 May 2022
  • This is not the first heat wave for Europe this season.
    — Julie Coleman, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • The lingering drought and heat wave across the western and central U.S.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2023
  • And a July 1995 heat wave took a similar toll in the Farm Belt.
    — Daniel Cusick, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • The heat wave scorching California may be one of the worst on record for the state.
    — Christopher Hickey, CNN, 21 Sep. 2022
  • This kind of heat wave is bringing up all the chinks in the infrastructure.
    — David Pogue, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Odds seem to be growing for a late-season heat wave next week.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The heat wave will increase the risk for heat illness, the weather service said.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The heat wave will begin Wednesday with highs in the lower to middle 90s.
    — Max Golembo, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Over the past decade, the country has faced increasing droughts, wildfires, and heat waves.
    — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Zoe is the first-ever heat wave to be named like hurricanes.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Kansas City weather can keep you on your toes, from heat waves to icy winter storms.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
  • These types of events can include drought, wildfire, hurricanes, flooding, heat waves, winter storms and severe storms that contain threats like hail and high wind damage, Smith said.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2024

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