hot flash
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hot flash
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Drew Barrymore has her first hot flash during an interview on her talk show.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023
Pause is the work of Rochelle Weitzner, a cosmetics executive who panicked after her first hot flash, and recovered by noticing a huge gap in the market.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2022
I’m feeling a hot flash coming on from the stress, so I blurt out a dairy warning.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2022
My first hot flash hit inside the San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, where I’d traveled from Wisconsin to see the crypt of Davy Crockett.
From Slate • May 16, 2020
He’d been unprepared for his first hot flash, in the late fall of 2007.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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