sultry

The sultry “Hard Times” combines a slow cha-cha-cha rhythm with strings, horns, electric keyboards and a reverb-heavy bass.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

After an opening salvo of rap-centric tracks, Swim was moody and sultry, with flowing choreography that underscored its message of persevering in choppy waters.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

Porter originally wrote it as a sultry bolero, but Sinatra and Riddle supercharge it into one of the singer’s most celebrated uptempo showcases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

Even masala chai would lose its signature, sultry kick.

From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2026

And in effect the sultry darkness into which the students now followed him was visible and crimson, like the darkness of closed eyes on a summer’s afternoon.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Van Morrison’s Moondance, despite being constantly wrung out by classic-rock radio and adult-contemporary stations alike, still evokes the possibility offered by summertime’s shorter, sultrier nights.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2015

One evening it seemed hotter and sultrier than ever.

From Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure by Gordon Stables

Then—for thy shelter from life's sultrier suns, The oak of strength I set o'er joy that runs With brooklet glee from winds that grieve above.

From Song-Surf by Cale Young Rice

The hours slipped by; the air grew stiller and sultrier.

From The History of David Grieve by Mrs. Humphry Ward

Instead of the night becoming cooler it had grown sultrier, and in places the walk was fairly packed with human beings.

From Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman by Will Lillibridge

Shout out to future “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson, who joined Journey for “Raised on Radio” and proceeded to lay down the slinkiest, sultriest, funkiest bass line the band had ever known.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The three hottest years in the past century have come in the past decade, and 1995 was the sultriest on record.

From Time Magazine Archive

That Canyon was the sultriest place I have ever struck, and my experience includes some of the hottest sections this side of the equator.

From Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado by Alexander McAllan

It was one of the sultriest days of August, but the air was vividly fresh, and the sun, with all the strength of the climate of Italy, was unoppressive.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis

Consequently I gasped out something about its being the sultriest 47th of August in eighteen years, and plumped back into a chair opposite him.

From R. Holmes & Co. by John Kendrick Bangs