How to Use hotshot in a Sentence

hotshot

noun

• That guy thinks he's a real hotshot.
• The company has hired a couple of young hotshots to revamp its advertising campaign.
• Matthew III is from Prescott and knew some of the hotshots, his father said.
  — Anne Ryman, azcentral, 15 Nov. 2019
• Fowler is in the middle of a traffic jam of hotshot U.S. players at the top of the golf world.
  — Sam Farmer, latimes.com, 13 June 2018
• It's been almost five years since the hotshots were killed.
  — Karina Bland, azcentral, 20 Apr. 2018
• Blue Ridge had helped battle the blaze that killed Billy and the hotshot crew.
  — Karina Bland, azcentral, 19 May 2017
• At a glance, two hours of our favorite hotshots sounds too good to be true.
  — Erin Cavoto, Country Living, 26 Jan. 2020
• But the hotshots were an elite crew, and Dustin was a good firefighter.
  — Alden Woods, azcentral, 29 June 2018
• Each of the 19 hotshots is memorialized along the way with a plaque.
  — Martin Savidge, CNN, 30 June 2017
• Jim Montgomery was a hotshot hire out of the college ranks.
  — Dallas News, 20 May 2022
• Word had begun to spread that the guitar hotshot was about to go on tour with David Bowie.
  — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 14 Aug. 2019
• Fire drew him into that life, carrying him to Prescott and the hotshot crew.
  — Alden Woods, azcentral, 29 June 2018
• Several air tankers and hotshot crews have been assigned to fight the blaze.
  — Chris Cohen, Outside Online, 8 Sep. 2014
• More than a decade later, Chloe is a hotshot New York artist whose portraits of Jon have made her a star.
  — Hannah Orenstein, Vox, 12 Sep. 2018
• So that hotshot listening to Journey in the convertible that zips to the end of the closing lane and merges in?
  — Bob Strickley, Cincinnati.com, 3 Aug. 2017
• Now in his mid-20s, the Nashville native has been a hotshot on the Telecaster since his teens.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 17 Dec. 2021
• Hamm is in his sweet spot here as a former hotshot now emptied of ideals and passion.
  — Gary Thompson, kansascity, 12 Apr. 2018
• At Loop, three hotshots died en route to the hospital, two more in the days following.
  — Longreads, 9 May 2017
• The two seasons Sue Husari spent as a hotshot led to a 45-year career in fire management.
  — Amanda Monthei, Outside Online, 23 July 2020
• Every year since its founding in 1973, the NIHF welcomes a new group of brainy hotshots to join its ranks.
  — Michael Calore, Wired, 7 Jan. 2020
• But Tyler Horton is no longer the hotshot young cornerback on the Boise State defense.
  — Dave Southorn, idahostatesman, 1 Aug. 2017
• In recent years, Mario Badescu has a become hotshot in the self-care world.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 May 2022
• More young, monied tech and finance hotshots would do well to take some cues from business leaders like Ng.
  — Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2024
• And a group of 60 tech hotshots are petitioning Bezos to choose New York City.
  — Natasha Bach, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2017
• Coombs left soon after Alex Grinch was hired as a hotshot secondary coach with a bigger title and more pay.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 5 Feb. 2020
• So, maybe the Dolphins, in hiring Flores, will make the teams that went for the unproven offensive hotshots look like fools.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 25 June 2019
• In 2013, a whole hotshot crew [from Granite Mountain Arizona] was lost.
  — Noah Davis, Popular Mechanics, 14 Oct. 2015
• Shaheen Holloway, the team’s hotshot coach, left for his alma mater Seton Hall.
  — Laine Higgins, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2023
• Owen Wilson is still the only man who could voice Lightning McQueen, who has gone from hotshot to has-been on the racing circuit.
  — Loey Lockerby, kansascity.com, 14 June 2017
• Brad Pitt plays mentor to Damson Idris' hotshot rookie driver.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 July 2024

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024