verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stifling/sweltering/unbearably hot (= used about weather that is very hot and uncomfortable )
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The office gets unbearably hot in summer.
the searing/stifling/sweltering/scorching etc heat (= extreme heat )
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The desert is a place of scorching heat by day and bitter cold by night.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Farm workers sweltered in the fields.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Despite sweltering in the luxury of a fire blazing full on, she received a series of credits on her budget account.
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Monica was sweltering despite the fan revolving on her desk.
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Or sweltering in taxis waiting to take the pilgrims to a restaurant.
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The hut was sweltering with smoke and steam and everybody scratched as vermin crept and bit under their clothes.