- present participle of swelter.
sweltering
Example Sentences
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Its most famous patron, Ernest Hemingway, sits in statue form alone at the bar in the musty, sweltering darkness.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Refugees are sleeping outdoors through sweltering days and frigid nights for fear that more buildings may collapse.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The night before the run, Mehta took a five-hour train journey to a sweltering, remote location for the test, sleeping in an open field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Personally, I’ve launched a full-scale assault on the sweltering weather, including consulting heat researchers for strategies on staying cool at home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
He was a knight of Westeros, a man of the stormlands and the Domish marches; his place was in the Seven Kingdoms, not here upon the sweltering shores of Slaver’s Bay.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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