hot flush
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The bracelet is powered by artificial intelligence software that monitors the wearer's temperature, and when it detects a hot flush it can deliver a cooling sensation.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2023
Male MPs have been trying on vests that simulate the feeling of a hot flush, which some women experience during the menopause.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2022
Since then she has suffered “terrible stomach troubles” including “cramps, doubling over, vomiting, diarrhoea, boiling hot flush, sweating, agony”.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2020
If women come to see me who are at risk, I ask them if they’ve had a hot flush so I can prescribe HRT,” he says.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 15, 2015
I fought down a hot flush of embarrassment as they looked me up and down.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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