How to Use hot flash in a Sentence

hot flash

noun
  • The dispute, a white-hot flash point in the culture wars, made it to the Supreme Court.
    Adam Liptak, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2022
  • In short, a night sweat is a hot flash that comes on at night and disrupts your sleep.
    Maria Del Russo, Woman's Day, 18 June 2020
  • She’s built for it; it’s not too long to tap out her endurance and not too short to be a hot flash of sprint.
    Lori Nickel, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2022
  • It’s my regular hot flash, and it’s the barometer of how the rest of my night will go.
    Carey Rossi, Good Housekeeping, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The downside: the drugs can cause hot flashes, vaginal dryness, and a loss of libido.
    Maria Masters, Health.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • For example, soy and black cohosh have been known to help with night sweats and hot flashes.
    Ladan Nikravan Hayes, Cincinnati.com, 13 June 2019
  • On television and in films, hot flashes are a comedic skit akin to a man slipping on a banana peel.
    Darcey Steinke, Time, 28 June 2019
  • The intensity of their hot flashes dropped too, by more than 50%.
    Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Symptoms like brain fog, hot flashes and mood swings—to name just a few—can make women feel like there is something wrong with them.
    Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Read more women’s health: Why do women get hot flashes, and what can be safely done about them?
    Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2017
  • That’s Marie, at the onset of menopause, experiencing a wordy hot flash.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The most common side effects include hot flashes, joint and muscle pain, and bone thinning, the ACS says.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 13 Dec. 2018
  • Other practical steps, like switching from hot to cold drinks and dressing in light layers, might help lessen the odds of a hot flash.
    Kells McPhillips, Fortune, 20 May 2022
  • Headaches and hot flashes were the most common side effects in the trials with UA, affecting less than 10% of women.
    Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Designed as a swim shirt with quick-drying fabric, the relaxed fit is ideal for hot summer days (or when a hot flash strikes).
    Rachel Weber, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2021
  • But the lessening of hot flashes and night sweats are the really exciting bits.
    Mary Schumacher, chicagotribune.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats can occur years in advance, in what is called perimenopause.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Anyone who has ever found themselves in the midst of a menopausal hot flash knows the urgent desperation of finding the right menopause treatment.
    Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Some symptoms in humans include chills, hot flashes, weight gain, and thinning hair.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Oct. 2023
  • During the years leading up to that point, a woman may have changes in her monthly cycle, hot flashes, and other symptoms.
    Korin Miller, Health.com, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Usually, the first symptoms are hot flashes and a change in menstrual patterns.
    Sherri Gordon, Parents, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Common symptoms of menopause include hot flashes, insomnia, dry hair, weight gain, and mood changes.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Hormone replacement therapy cools hot flashes in more than 90% of those who take it.
    Linda Carroll, NBC News, 12 May 2023
  • Participants will be warned of possible side effects that may be a first for many men, like tenderness in the breast and hot flashes.
    Roni Caryn Rabin, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Apr. 2020
  • First there's perimenopause: That's the few years before menopause when those bothersome symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats and the urgent need to go to the bathroom begin.
    Dr. Oz, Good Housekeeping, 17 Jan. 2018
  • High in phytoestrogens, a tea of the plant’s leaves and flowers is used to control hot flashes, breast tenderness, and other symptoms of menopause.
    Molly Marquand, Good Housekeeping, 28 July 2016
  • Those taking a placebo averaged more than five hot flashes in the same period.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Flaxseed might even improve hot flashes The research is mixed, but some studies suggest flaxseed can help with this symptom of perimenopause.
    Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Side effects include mild hot flashes in a small percentage of women.
    Tara Bahrampour, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Add super fun symptoms like fatigue, hot flashes, sleep disruption, and low libido and that’s the joy of perimenopause for you.
    Glamour, 12 June 2019

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