sweltering heat

Example Sentences

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In sweltering heat at a fuel station, 24-year-old Tushar wielded a hammer as he fitted a Trump face cover to a three-wheeled rickshaw.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Hundreds of people, including children, defied the sweltering heat to attend prayers.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Drenched in sweat and tears, Diego Montes could finally gasp for air in the sweltering heat of the San Fernando Valley summer.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2025

But this is a deal concluded by Edu and Ayto, who has also since departed the Emirates, in the sweltering heat of Spain's south coast last summer.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2025

Philadelphia was then the largest city in North America, with nearly 51,000 inhabitants; those who didn’t absolutely have to be indoors working had escaped to the open air to seek relief from the sweltering heat.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy