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

"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

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

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2021

The choir, 56 strong, fills the hall ecstatically with “Allelluia,” and later, in Act 2, the sultriness of Shrader’s tenor is a match for the lilting “Ballad of Eldorado.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2019

The revolt of spring, the sultriness of summer, the fruitage of autumn, and the cool clearness of winter gently merge in it, the one into the other.

From ?mile Verhaeren by Zweig, Stefan