How to Use heat wave in a Sentence

heat wave

noun
  • 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
  • This latest heat wave comes on the heels of the hottest June on record for the United States.
    — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 9 July 2021
  • 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
  • And with a weeklong heat wave in the forecast, business along the shore is sure to heat up.
    — CBS News, 31 May 2021
  • This is not the first heat wave for Europe this season.
    — Julie Coleman, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • The heat wave was blamed for over 100 deaths in Washington alone.
    — NBC News, 20 Nov. 2021
  • This would be the third heat wave this year for Connecticut.
    — Zach Murdock, courant.com, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Overnight lows have also been very warm with this heat wave.
    — NBC News, 11 July 2021
  • 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
  • Aim for grass that is 3 to 4 inches high during a heat wave.
    — Nancy Ngo, Star Tribune, 25 June 2021
  • That'll bring an end to the heat wave as highs will fall back to the upper 80s for Thursday and Friday.
    — Star Tribune, 25 July 2021
  • 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
  • Death Valley hits 130 degrees as heat wave sweeps the West.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2021
  • Odds seem to be growing for a late-season heat wave next week.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022
  • July 1988: There’s a heat wave in Pittsburgh, and the Pearsons meet Yvette.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 May 2021
  • Most cases of heat stroke occur within the first three days of a heat wave.
    — New York Times, 9 July 2021
  • During a winter cold snap or a west-wide heat wave, that won’t cut it.
    — oregonlive, 21 July 2021
  • Advertisement This summer has brought a string of record-breaking heat waves.
    — Simmone Shah, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile, a separate heat wave will bake parts of the northern Plains and southern Florida.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2025

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