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sweltry

[swel-tree] / ˈswɛl tri /










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The day was intensely hot, and at that early hour the fierce fire of the sun had rendered the atmosphere sweltry and oppressive.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 by Various

O horrible those sweltry places are, Where the sun comes so close, it makes the earth Burn in a frenzy of breeding,—smoke and flame Of lives burning up from agoniz'd loam!

From Georgian Poetry 1911-12 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir

At last they came out of the sweltry dining-halls into the fresh evening of Lilar, into the open air and freedom.

From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul