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

"The Company You Keep" is adapted from a Korean format, but moves with the sultriness of Steven Soderbergh's "Out of Sight."

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2023

Take heart: We project that this month we may once again be spared the worst of Washington’s standard sultriness.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022

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 mutual adulation of the first few days had given place to a period of sultriness, when cutting remarks flashed in the murky atmosphere like streaks of lightning.

From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann