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 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 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

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