torrid heat

Example Sentences

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The torrid heat has gripped China for several weeks, pushing local governments to ask residents and businesses to curb the usage of electricity.

From Reuters • Jul. 6, 2023

The Italian agriculture lobby Coldiretti said Thursday that 20% of the tomato crop in Italy’s south was lost due to torrid heat and humidity.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2021

As the storm churned northward, Southern California broiled under a torrid heat wave, with a recorded temperature of 107.2 degrees in Los Angeles on Sept. 20.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2019

She suffered in the torrid heat during her first grueling day of training, and dropped out a week later.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2018

It could be of little service—since there was no chance of our being carried by it to land—but it was cool and refreshing after the intense torrid heat we had been all day enduring.

From Ran Away to Sea by Reid, Mayne