sultriness

Beyond her prodigious vocal skills, Ms. Bumbry brought a famous sultriness to her roles, a reputation she put to good use for a 1970 performance of “Salome” at the Royal Opera House in London.

"The Company You Keep" is adapted from a Korean format, but moves with the sultriness of Steven Soderbergh's "Out of Sight."

Take heart: We project that this month we may once again be spared the worst of Washington’s standard sultriness.

In its sly sultriness and emotional intricacy, the movie weaves an atmosphere of unnerving mystery.

Wrapped in moisture-laden air, we seemed to experience moments of surpassing sultriness, sensations that may have seemed surprising for all our experience of Washington in the summer.