sultry
adjective
oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering.
sultriness
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a word derived from
sultry.
Example Sentences
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"I'd say it's a desert aesthetic with a soul vocal. Like a Tarantino soundtrack or a Nancy Sinatra album – the twang of the guitars, the sultriness of the production."
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025
"The Company You Keep" is adapted from a Korean format, but moves with the sultriness of Steven Soderbergh's "Out of Sight."
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2023
The choir, 56 strong, fills the hall ecstatically with “Allelluia,” and later, in Act 2, the sultriness of Shrader’s tenor is a match for the lilting “Ballad of Eldorado.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2019
The jazzy seven-member band, led by Gerald Sternbach at the piano, provides sultriness or drive, as suits the occasion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2018
Spite of the chill autumn evening, there was an incomprehensible sultriness in the air of the room.
From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Wilhelmine von Hillern
