Example Sentences

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When it showcased the 2019 revival of “Kiss Me, Kate”—the one with Kelli O’Hara, Stephanie Styles and Corbin Bleu—members of my household were online buying tickets before “Too Darn Hot” had cooled off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

But Holland and his real-estate agent quickly realized how much the market had cooled since the peak of the pandemic.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

By Sunday the mercurial US president's rhetoric had cooled.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

By 5 March, with the dust settling from Pulwama, Balakot, and the pilot's return, India's political temperature had cooled.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

While I typed she sat down and slid a book off a tabletop and muttered that her hands had cooled back down and were so bad she couldn’t use her fingers to turn the pages.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos