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

That pressure is very often from players and managers in the fierce hothouse of elite-level football, trickling right down to the grassroots.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2024

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

From Salon • Aug. 15, 2024

He had turned Manhattan’s Jewish Museum into an avant-garde hothouse during his brief tenure as director, from 1962 to 1964, including with solo shows of Rauschenberg and his former lover, Jasper Johns.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2024

“Not much farther, laddie.You’re doing very well for a hothouse plant.”

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer