sultry

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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

Like an ice cube on a sultry summer day, Greenland’s ice sheet is melting, and that water, flowing into the ocean, is steadily raising sea level globally.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2025

It sounds a little cheesy next to the sultry, sophisticated material that eventually populated the record.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025

He wears a blue oxford shirt, khakis, a camel-colored corduroy blazer bought for his college interviews that is too warm for the sultry day.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri