hothouse

Example Sentences

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Baton Rouge is a merciless hothouse that won’t accept anything short of national titles, but presumably he knows the madness he’s walking into.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

In Metcalfe’s hothouse literary universe, Blundy’s poem is important because it is a revenant.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

Many who follow the sport would agree that few coaches last long in those overpriced hothouse environments.

From Salon • Aug. 15, 2024

Arsenal fulfilled their part of the bargain by thrashing Chelsea 5-0 at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday before Liverpool subsided in the Goodison Park hothouse 24 hours later.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2024

He had been breeding peas inside the glass hothouse for about three years.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee