How to Use sweltering in a Sentence

sweltering

adjective

• The two would work in the sweltering Texas heat and spend hours detailing cars day in and day out.
  — Mia Berry, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2019
• The most sweltering part of summer is the time to reach for the coolest of cool produce — the cucumber, of course.
  — Melissa Clark, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• Many sought refuge from the sweltering heat in the few pockets of shade available.
  — Zahria Rogers, The Courier-Journal, 30 June 2018
• Plus, as a no-bake dessert, this is your friend on a sweltering summer day.
  — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 22 June 2023
• Plus, as a no-bake dessert, this is your friend on a sweltering summer day.
  — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2023
• There were crises at state prisons, in sweltering homes and along the border.
  — Maria Polletta, azcentral, 22 Dec. 2019
• If July felt a bit like a summer slump, the LPs that came out were enough to keep us busy all the sweltering month long.
  — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 1 Aug. 2019
• Just down the road, Sun Jiayun, 72, hangs rubber gloves from the branches of trees and fans the soles of shoes on the sweltering asphalt.
  — Dake Kang, ajc, 30 July 2021
• Japan didn’t look like a plucky upstart for most of a sweltering night in Rostov.
  — Jonathan Clegg, WSJ, 2 July 2018
• Normally this is a month when many feel the need to flee a sweltering city in search of cooler climes.
  — Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2021
• Every gang in the city meets on a sweltering July 4 night in a Bronx park for a peace rally.
  — Town & Country, 4 Aug. 2023
• Embrace the sweltering, syrupy heat of the summertime kitchen, and start again.
  — The Economist, 13 June 2020
• From there, it’s a sweltering two- to seven-day hike through the mountains to Panama.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2021
• Area bands were in full gear in the sweltering heat to honor the men and women who died in service to their country.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 June 2022
• The winter is harsher and the summer is more sweltering.
  — Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2019
• The lines frequently snake around the block, even in sweltering summer heat.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 May 2020
• New York City could even feel like 100 on Thursday and Friday, not able to escape the sweltering heat.
  — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 2 Aug. 2022
• Most of us probably can’t hang out next to the AC all weekend, but there are still ways to stay safe in the sweltering weather.
  — Christina Oehler, Health.com, 18 July 2019
• While Biden was standing in the sweltering heat, a car pulled up with a mother driving her 17 year-old daughter to get the shot.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2021
• But a fight for justice was still going for many who gathered here in the sweltering heat last weekend to get out the vote.
  — Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2020
• The Twins — and the Rangers’ defense — made Lynn work, forcing him to throw 57 pitches through just two innings on a sweltering day in Texas.
  — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 18 Aug. 2019
• In recent weeks alone, two babies, a toddler and a woman were found dead in the sweltering heat.
  — Peter Orsi, The Denver Post, 26 June 2019
• Years before that, Sprewell was on fire in a sweltering arena in Phoenix thinking the Suns were going to draft him in 1992.
  — Duane Rankin, azcentral, 22 June 2020
• As the dreaded dog days of summer approach, don’t submit to the sweltering heat.
  — Valerie Bonk, Howard County Times, 6 June 2018
• And during the sweltering summers, the sea breeze cools these islands by a few degrees.
  — Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2021
• On the sweltering afternoon of June 9th the city saw a huge march against the extradition law.
  — The Economist, 13 June 2019
• Migration to some of the country’s most sweltering areas comes on the heels of a record hot summer.
  — NBC News, 28 Sep. 2021
• Schmidt and Maricocchi battled through eight rounds of golf in a six-day span in the sweltering heat of the Cincinnati summer.
  — Luke Feliciano, Cincinnati.com, 30 June 2019
• After reaching 100 degrees for the first time this year over the weekend, Dallas-Fort Worth is in for a sweltering week.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2024
• On a sweltering afternoon this week, Mr. Lopez pointed to a large white bus used by the Border Patrol to transport migrants.
  — Edgar Sandoval, New York Times, 7 June 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024