- present participle of swelter.
sweltering
Example Sentences
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In the sweltering heat, fellow fish vendor Faraba Fatty stated bluntly that "without electricity, we have a very bad life".
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Daisy Chain Fields arrived on a sweltering summer Saturday, plopped in the middle of Irvine’s suede hills, inside Orange County lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Energy bills may have been a long way from our minds through the sweltering summer.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Its most famous patron, Ernest Hemingway, sits in statue form alone at the bar in the musty, sweltering darkness.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Once they were through the inner doorway, Lyra found herself sweltering in what seemed unbearable heat, and had to pull open her furs and push back her hood.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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