sweltering
suffering oppressive heat.
characterized by oppressive heat; sultry.
Origin of sweltering
1Other words from sweltering
- swel·ter·ing·ly, adverb
- un·swel·ter·ing, adjective
Words Nearby sweltering
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How to use sweltering in a sentence
It was just before 11 on a sweltering summer night, when he knew he could find what he was looking for a few blocks from the Las Vegas Strip.
Sex-trafficked kids are crime victims. In Las Vegas, they still go to jail. | Jessica Contrera | August 26, 2021 | Washington PostWhether working out in the heat, sweating up a storm on a hike or just walking around by yourself on a warm day, you need a pair of headphones that won’t give up after a few sweltering sessions.
5 Great Headphone Options to Get You Through a Sweaty, Song-Filled Summer | Patrick Lucas Austin | August 2, 2021 | TimeThat run reached its climax inside a sweltering, dangerously packed Los Angeles Sports Arena in late August when the band made the dozens of others playing FYF Fest irrelevant with a performance that practically suspended time.
Darkside returns to lay claim to the title of best psychedelic rock band in the world | Jeff Weiss | July 23, 2021 | Washington PostThe sweltering heat expected in Death Valley comes on the heels of its hottest June on record.
Severe heat wave builds across Western U.S. after nation’s hottest June on record | Matthew Cappucci, Jason Samenow | July 9, 2021 | Washington PostHeat and drought combine to create volatile fire conditionsIn the meantime, the sweltering heat, low humidity and moisture-starved land surface make for dangerous background conditions for the spread of fires.
‘Mega-heat wave’ is peaking in the West, breaking records and intensifying drought, fires | Jason Samenow, Diana Leonard | June 17, 2021 | Washington Post
Miller traces his irreverent and subversive streak to a psychedelic experience during the particularly sweltering summer of 1991.
DJ Spooky Wants You To Question Everything You Know About Music, Technology, and Philosophy | Oliver Jones | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBasosila Botala is wearing a blue rain jacket despite the sweltering heat.
With sweltering hot temperatures, constant sweat was normal.
The urban population abandons the sweltering cities and heads to the beach for the month.
I've never seen a white body left in the street for four hours in the sweltering heat.
Rain storms, hot winds, sweltering intervals of intolerable heat—these were vagaries of nature and might be endured.
The Red Year | Louis TracyWith the approach of midday the wind had more and more fallen, it was now sweltering hot and the air trembled in the sunshine.
Tales and Fantasies | Robert Louis StevensonFar in the sultry west was an occasional play of lightning, the hot eye of day peeping back into the sweltering night.
A Yankee from the West | Opie ReadThe dank, decaying vegetation, the dimness, the very airlessness of the sweltering valley—all this is not merely heat.
Forging the Blades | Bertram MitfordAt high noon on the equator, the temperature reached a sweltering 180° absolute; it became somewhat chillier toward the poles.
Unwise Child | Gordon Randall Garrett
British Dictionary definitions for sweltering
/ (ˈswɛltərɪŋ) /
oppressively hot and humid: a sweltering day
Derived forms of sweltering
- swelteringly, adverb
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