warm to
phrasal verb
warmed to; warming to; warms to
1
: to begin to feel affection for (someone)
She quickly warmed to her guests.
2
: to begin to be interested in or excited about (something)
It took them a while to warm to the idea.
Examples of warm to in a Sentence
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However, the phone got warm to the touch after just 10 minutes.
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PCMAG, 30 May 2024
Top leaders who were at one time possible candidates in the eyes of the directors, including Dave Gitlin, Larry Culp and chairman Steve Mollenkopf, haven’t warmed to a task that’s critical to the future of the airlines and the flying public.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 May 2024
Mild symptoms that may develop after a bee sting include:
Bleeding
Itching
Pain
Redness, swelling, or both
Thick, hardened skin that feels warm to the touch
Bee stings can range from slightly painful to deadly.
—Amanda Gardner, Health, 27 May 2024
Even if emissions from fossil fuels were to disappear overnight, food emissions alone would still prevent the world from limiting warming to 1.5C as outlined in the Paris Agreement, according to research published in Science.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
Biden, as vice president, was the rare establishment Democrat who was warm to Sanders during the senator’s first presidential bid.
—Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 7 May 2024
Typically around this time of the year, Dallas-Fort Worth flip flops from warm to cool days.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
Some in the agency were warm to the administration’s plan to move into a new West Dade office complex as the proposal took shape last summer.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
To viewers who had finally warmed to the wide, whooshing brushwork of de Kooning and the Abstract Expressionists, Stella’s canvases represented a direct assault on gestural painting, implying that expressionism and even human suffering had lost their allure as subjects for art.
—Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 5 May 2024
PCMAG, 30 May 2024
Top leaders who were at one time possible candidates in the eyes of the directors, including Dave Gitlin, Larry Culp and chairman Steve Mollenkopf, haven’t warmed to a task that’s critical to the future of the airlines and the flying public.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 May 2024
Mild symptoms that may develop after a bee sting include:
Bleeding
Itching
Pain
Redness, swelling, or both
Thick, hardened skin that feels warm to the touch
Bee stings can range from slightly painful to deadly.
—Amanda Gardner, Health, 27 May 2024
Even if emissions from fossil fuels were to disappear overnight, food emissions alone would still prevent the world from limiting warming to 1.5C as outlined in the Paris Agreement, according to research published in Science.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
Biden, as vice president, was the rare establishment Democrat who was warm to Sanders during the senator’s first presidential bid.
—Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 7 May 2024
Typically around this time of the year, Dallas-Fort Worth flip flops from warm to cool days.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
Some in the agency were warm to the administration’s plan to move into a new West Dade office complex as the proposal took shape last summer.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
To viewers who had finally warmed to the wide, whooshing brushwork of de Kooning and the Abstract Expressionists, Stella’s canvases represented a direct assault on gestural painting, implying that expressionism and even human suffering had lost their allure as subjects for art.
—Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 5 May 2024
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