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The affair was a stormy one; as Eastman torridly tells it, heaven-shattering passion alternated with earth-shaking rage.

From Time Magazine Archive

On one promontory a slant of sunshine blazed torridly, on another, scarcely a mile away, a squall was bursting in furious downpour of driving rain.

From A Son Of The Sun by London, Jack

And on all these the sun blazed torridly.

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold

The sun was now high overhead, and beat torridly upon the granite crags, which, as I clutched them, blistered my hands.

From Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

There was a moment's quiet, while Ray looked away,—supporting his chin upon one hand, and a black cloud sweeping torridly down the stern face.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 by Various