The phrase
"hothouse atmosphere" refers to an intense or highly pressured environment where there is a lot of competition, high expectations, or stress.
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Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«hothouses»
«atmosphere»
Sentences with «hothouse atmosphere»
- On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Brionyâ $ ™ s vivid imagination. (shockya.com)
- Winkler's New York is a crowded, bustling place, with construction work on practically ever street corner, yet it has none of the lurid, hothouse atmosphere of a Martin Scorsese film. (metacritic.com)
- Tempers flare in the hothouse atmosphere. (internationalliving.com)
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