muggy
Example Sentences
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Still, the muggy morning session has the Bula FC squad sweating heavily at the club's base in Ba, a town on Fiji's main island in a northern coastal area known for its sugarcane farms.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
It can feel like I’m in a muggy rainforest, even in an air-conditioned room.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 27, 2025
But later on Wednesday and Wednesday night, muggy air from France means there is the risk of heavy rain and thunderstorms.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2025
As the people with microphones and notebooks pushed and shoved in a hot and muggy hallway--”We don’t air-condition the corridors in this county,” cackled one old observer--it suddenly became apparent.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025
It makes me feel slightly ill, as if I’m in a closed car on a hot muggy day with an older woman wearing too much face powder.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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