sultry

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Porter originally wrote it as a sultry bolero, but Sinatra and Riddle supercharge it into one of the singer’s most celebrated uptempo showcases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Even masala chai would lose its signature, sultry kick.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026

She trades verses with Changbin from Stray Kids on “Mirror Mirror” and swaps sultry verses with fellow 88rising label mate Jackson Wang.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025

Currently on tour in Australia, he's been loosening up, gently leaning into the softer image he's spent recent years trying to toughen, even performing an intimate karaoke bar set of early sultry hits.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2025

It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath