sultriness

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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

Beyond her prodigious vocal skills, Ms. Bumbry brought a famous sultriness to her roles, a reputation she put to good use for a 1970 performance of “Salome” at the Royal Opera House in London.

From New York Times • May 8, 2023

"The Company You Keep" is adapted from a Korean format, but moves with the sultriness of Steven Soderbergh's "Out of Sight."

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2023

Take heart: We project that this month we may once again be spared the worst of Washington’s standard sultriness.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022

So close did the trees stand to the street that the summer wind could not get through them to lighten the pall of the night's sultriness.

From The Broken Gate A Novel by Hough, Emerson