hot flush

US hot flash


noun
  1. a sudden unpleasant hot feeling in the skin, caused by endocrine imbalance, esp experienced by women at menopause

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How to use hot flush in a sentence

  • Minnie was inexpressibly vexed with herself to feel a hot flush covering her face.

    A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) | Frances Eleanor Trollope
  • Although he seemed much better and the hot flush had left his cheeks, his fantasy evidently remained.

    Under the Rose | Frederic Stewart Isham
  • I felt a hot flush mounting to my forehead—The very thought of my adored little girl in the category of Suzette!

    Man and Maid | Elinor Glyn
  • Don dug his toe into the floor and a hot flush suffused his forehead.

    Kenny | Leona Dalrymple
  • A hot flush rose to his brow, and he hesitated to open a letter from Nevin which also awaited his attention.