sultriness

Example Sentences

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"I'd say it's a desert aesthetic with a soul vocal. Like a Tarantino soundtrack or a Nancy Sinatra album – the twang of the guitars, the sultriness of the production."

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

Wrapped in moisture-laden air, we seemed to experience moments of surpassing sultriness, sensations that may have seemed surprising for all our experience of Washington in the summer.

From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2021

But about halfway through, they came into their own both as a group and individuals, their personalities surfacing: Ms. Bachman’s sultriness, Ms. Hashimoto’s vigilance, Ms. Poletti’s playfulness, Ms. Ratsifandrihana’s defiance.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2019

The jazzy seven-member band, led by Gerald Sternbach at the piano, provides sultriness or drive, as suits the occasion.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2018

For owing to the long ride and great sultriness while the storm was gathering, I suddenly became intolerably thirsty, and felt that I should turn to tinder unless I could get a draught of wine.

From Barbarossa and Other Tales by Heyse, Paul