sweltering

Example Sentences

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Protesters are taking to the streets and likely to grow more restive in the sweltering Cuban summer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — It was 2 a.m. when a bus carrying dozens of U.S. deportees heaved into this sweltering city in southern Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Lyberth said the cool climate was "very good for leafy greens", in contrast to Europe's sweltering, drought-wracked summers.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Sinner was undoubtedly the biggest winner on a sweltering day where play was suspended and almost 100,000 fans were warned to take care in the heat.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

I can just picture the parliament room: a hundredy-some-odd Tata Ndus in pointy hats and no-glass glasses all flicking flies away with animal-tail magic wands in the sweltering heat, pretending to ignore each other.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver