swelter
verb (used without object)
to suffer from oppressive heat.
swelters
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present tense formof swelter (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The WMO outlook comes as western Europe swelters under a "heat dome" of warm air, breaking temperature records for May in Britain and France.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
While much of the UK swelters in the summer heat, Antarctica is celebrating an icy Midwinter's Day without any sun and with driving snow.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
As Southern California swelters under its most punishing heat wave of the year, international climate officials have confirmed that summer 2024 was Earth’s hottest on record.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024
SEE ALSO: South Korea scrambles as global Scout gathering swelters in ‘heat trap’
From Washington Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
Man can exist at the frigid poles even if the temperature is 75 degrees below Fahrenheit zero; and in the deserts and the tropics, he swelters under temperatures of 115 degrees, but he still lives.
From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by David Peck Todd
