torridity

Example Sentences

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A veteran diplomat, he well knows the impossibility of escaping Washington's torridity in Washington.

From Time Magazine Archive

At 102�, Chicago missed by less than a degree its all-time top torridity.

From Time Magazine Archive

When President Hoover fortnight ago publicly announced his intention to take his vacation this month in the Rocky Mountains, his official aides accepted that as notice of their release from the capital's torridity.

From Time Magazine Archive

The silence of the desert was complete as though torridity had overwhelmed every other aspect of nature.

From The Forbidden Trail by Morrow, Honoré

New York City had simmered under a blazing sun for more than three weeks, and all who were able had deserted the city for spots of lesser torridity.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 by Bates, Harry