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"Heatwave" in a Sentence (13 examples)
Bitterly cold air is gripping America, while on the other side of the globe, Australia is sizzling as a record heatwave takes hold.
The little dog drank all of his water during the heatwave.
Much of the Iberian Peninsula is experiencing the year's first heatwave, with the mercury expected to soar before peaking at 47 degrees Celsius in some areas of southern Portugal this weekend.
German farmers intensified calls for around 1 billion euros in special aid on Tuesday after crop damage from a drought and heatwave.
Poor growing weather, including a heatwave and lack of rain, has damaged crops in France, Germany and the Baltic Sea countries.
The heatwave gripping large stretches of Europe has already been blamed for deadly forest fires and crop failures. Now freshwater fish could be its next victims.
We're in the second week of an unrelenting heatwave.
We were in the middle of an extreme heatwave.
Everyone will be relieved when the heatwave has ended.
The Finnish Meteorological Institute says Finland had its warmest June on record, which has extended into July. Southern Finland, it notes, has had 27 consecutive days with temperatures above 25 degrees Celsius. By Finland’s normally frigid temperatures, that qualifies as a heatwave.
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Various parts of the world have been experiencing heatwaves and on Thursday the EU’s climate monitoring service said the world had experienced its hottest June on record last month. […] In parts of China, an enduring heatwave has continued, with temperatures reaching above 35C.
Both weather agencies forecast temperatures above 40C over the coming days and called for vigilance amid forecasts of “a very intense, even exceptional” heatwave in parts of the continent.
On a hot summer's day, one can literally see heatwaves shimmering off the surfaces of inanimate objects.
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