sweltering
adjective
suffering oppressive heat.
swelteringly
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a word derived from
sweltering.
Example Sentences
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Seated on the overpass on a swelteringly hot day, the 32-year-old said he picked his particular strip of sidewalk for the shade it gets from the elevated 110 Freeway carpool lane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
He is also thirsty, with only a little over a liter of water provided to him a day, despite toiling deep underground in an open-pit mine that gets swelteringly hot.
From The Verge ● Feb. 15, 2022
She spent the rest of the day sitting cross-legged on a mud floor inside a swelteringly hot room sewing the traditional shalwar kameez.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2017
They meet in the swelteringly hot summer of 1976 in a London I had to re-imagine with the central heating turned on to its utmost.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 15, 2011
The weather grew swelteringly hot, and one by one the men threw away blankets and tent rolls, and emptied their canteens.
From Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by Trumbull White
