swelter
Example Sentences
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That's where they've remained since Feb. 20, receiving little water and stale food as they swelter in the Panamanian heat.
From Salon • Mar. 3, 2025
People labor six days a week in the tropical swelter, through torrential rains and under the punishing sun.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2023
The investment comes as the planet continues to swelter under record-breaking heat.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2023
The same principles apply to commercial aircraft, as evidenced by passenger flight disruptions during periods of prolonged extreme heat in the Southwest, including this summer’s swelter.
From Scientific American • Sep. 14, 2023
We strike a medium, and he shivers outside his bag, while I swelter in mine; but considering from what distances we have come together to share this tent a while, we do well enough.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing swelter
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr.
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