swelter

Example Sentences

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They swelter at summer temperatures that eclipse the city average by 8 degrees Fahrenheit and the Catalina Foothills by 12 degrees.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2024

Times photoshoot; she is miraculously impervious to the summer swelter.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2023

They swelter inside layers of insulated clothing designed to keep the heat of flames from penetrating.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2023

Southern Europe will continue to swelter next week as an intense heatwave shows no sign of abating.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2023

I asked Mother if I could cut off my hair, which hung in a dense swelter all the way down my back.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly