stifling

Example Sentences

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The afternoon heat was stifling upstairs, and the lamb’s wool I was using to stuff my oversize boots made my feet sweat.

From Literature

All of that without taking into account the stifling heat.

From The Wall Street Journal

Millions of Australians were Thursday warned to prepare for a stifling heatwave stoking the risk of "catastrophic" bushfires across swathes of the country.

From Barron's

Perpetua tells us what it was like to be in a Roman prison: the stifling heat and the press of bodies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Despite the stifling heat, the Australia bowling was collectively brilliant, never giving England any respite.

From BBC