swelter

Example Sentences

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Warm spring evenings that soon will lip into summer swelter.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025

That's where they've remained since Feb. 20, receiving little water and stale food as they swelter in the Panamanian heat.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2025

Even as it continues to swelter, the South may get a break from steamy weather this week while the Northwest bakes in some of the highest temperatures people there will endure all summer.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2023

He described Friday’s swelter as “about normal, I guess.”

From Scientific American • Jul. 17, 2023

Beyond the ring of their firelight, there was nothing except animal sounds and insects, the black wildness of the jungles and swamps, the swelter of the interior.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi