How to Use hotly in a Sentence

hotly

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• The idea has been batted around and hotly debated for a long time.
  — Fatima Hussein, oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2023
• The movie, which was bought by Neon at Cannes, is hotly tipped to represent France is the Oscar race.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 29 Aug. 2023
• To be sure, whether or not the market is in the midst of an AI bubble is still hotly debated.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024
• The role of unions has been a hotly debated and politicized issue for years.
  — NBC News, 9 Dec. 2021
• Those questions have been hotly debated in the public square over the past few weeks.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 20 Sep. 2021
• Like the novel, the show was hotly discussed, at least in certain circles.
  — Adelle Waldman, The Atlantic, 9 July 2024
• The race is sure to be one of the most hotly contested in the country next year in purple Wisconsin.
  — Scott Bauer, chicagotribune.com, 10 Jan. 2022
• The role of the church has been hotly contested in pre-trial proceedings.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 18 Oct. 2022
• Jones hotly denied that, and charges were later dropped.
  — Jeff Amy, ajc, 8 Feb. 2022
• How much the thieves netted during the 2 a.m. snatch is hotly debated.
  — Richard Wintonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
• The idea of a mileage tax has been hotly contested locally.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2023
• The races for three seats and the majority on the Carmel Clay Schools board has been hotly contested and, at times, ugly.
  — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Nov. 2022
• Yet the issue of how to mete out the research money has been hotly debated.
  — New York Times, 18 May 2021
• CAFOs tend to be hotly debated for a number of reasons.
  — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 May 2022
• Of the many changes set to hit 26th Street in the next few months, perhaps none has been more hotly debated than the reinstatement of the speedy-trial clocks.
  — Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2021
• But any changes to the to the world of Pokémon are not just excitingly overdue but sure to be hotly debated.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2022
• The competition for cornerback jobs and snaps will be among the most hotly contested this summer and Jones should be in the thick of it.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2022
• Since then, it has been hotly debated whether the fossil is its own separate genus or a small, young T. rex.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
• The Deluxe arrives just days before Sullivan is set to embark on the hotly in-demand Heaux Tales tour.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2022
• But the issue of where the blame ultimately lies has been hotly contested in the courtroom.
  — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 5 Oct. 2024
• The flowering of music-making in the deep past is hotly debated.
  — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• The races to succeed them are likely to be hotly contested and expensive.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• Just last weekend, constituents hotly complained about getting new appraisals in the mail, the three recalled.
  — Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
• Nowhere are bragging rights more hotly contested than on Wall Street.
  — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 5 July 2023
• The format of the debate was hotly negotiated by the Harris and Trump camps.
  — Brian Bennett, TIME, 9 Sep. 2024
• The race is expected to be one of the nation’s most hotly contested, as Republicans try to win control of the House.
  — James Raineystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2022
• The most hotly-anticipated of the comebacks is perhaps the return of John Corbett as Aidan Shaw.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2022
• But its source is hotly debated: Some researchers think plutonium-244 is tough for supernovae to make in any great amounts.
  — Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 15 July 2021
• Much of the area overlaps with the hotly contested 3rd Congressional District.
  — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
• The exact parameters of his wealth have been hotly debated—and his actual worth has yo-yoed wildly over the course of his professional career.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024