sultriness

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

In its sly sultriness and emotional intricacy, the movie weaves an atmosphere of unnerving mystery.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2021

Wrapped in moisture-laden air, we seemed to experience moments of surpassing sultriness, sensations that may have seemed surprising for all our experience of Washington in the summer.

From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2021

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

Isis goes to Byblos; she arrives there fatigued with sultriness, thirst, and the toilsome, stony road.

From Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity by Kuprin, A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich)