adjective
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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Everyone headed for the beach on that sweltering summer afternoon.
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Hundreds of children sweltering in the heat went to the neighborhood pool.
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the sweltering summer sun
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The soldiers marched on in the sweltering heat.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As sultry as a sweltering day in August.
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Test conditions have included a scramble along Glencoe's Aonach Eagach ridge and a two-day back pack in sweltering heat.
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The sky was still blue; the sun, growing in strength, promised a hot sweltering day.