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as in humid
containing or characterized by an uncomfortable amount of moisture
on really sultry days we go to the mall to hang out and cool off
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as in searing
having a notably high temperature
the incredibly dry, sultry desert air
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Recent Examples of sultry
With the longer days and a sultry summer pace, there’s plenty of time to soak it all in.
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Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
And Iman is what joy sounds like: satiny, sultry, unpredictable, unforced.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Earlier this month, Stewart dropped some knowledge about how to capture the perfect sultry selfie.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 13 May 2025
Well, for what might be one of the worst rap albums in history, the sketches are Benjamin’s most playful work yet: sultry, gentle, and loose.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 6 May 2025
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Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
And Iman is what joy sounds like: satiny, sultry, unpredictable, unforced.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Earlier this month, Stewart dropped some knowledge about how to capture the perfect sultry selfie.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 13 May 2025
Well, for what might be one of the worst rap albums in history, the sketches are Benjamin’s most playful work yet: sultry, gentle, and loose.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sultry
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The outdoor market is held year-round, but Florida weather from March through October is hot and humid.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
3 June 2025
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The fuel, namely liquid sodium metal, is in one of the chambers, while the other is filled with humid air.—
Ben Coxworth
June 02,
New Atlas,
2 June 2025
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His breakthrough role proved to be a history-making one too, securing the part of David, aka Tsotsi, in Gavin Hood’s searing 2005 crime drama Tsotsi.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2025
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And of all the heartbreak Indiana has caused Knicks fans over the years, this might be the most searing.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
22 May 2025
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Part of the iris family, this plant likes moist to average soil and is generally found in marshes, damp woods, and on stream banks and slopes in zones 4a-9b.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
4 June 2025
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Most of World Cup 1954 was not to his liking, but in the final week the temperatures cooled, and the final was played on a damp day.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Scientific American,
3 Mar. 2020
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Dec. 2019
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Nine states have assault weapons bans in place, as gun control has become a hot topic at the Supreme Court.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Cannas like the summer heat and humidity and do just fine without watering except in really hot areas like southern Florida.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
3 June 2025
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Mud puddles are courageous, too, when returning the unblinking, burning gaze of the sky’s white eye.—
contributing Monitor poets,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 Apr. 2025
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Equal to Tesfaye’s navel-gazing, Shults uses every trick in the music-video playbook to conjure a vivid, ultra-saturated but not quite realistic universe where the Weeknd is a brightly burning sun everyone revolves around.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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The molten mass then pours downwards to reveal the title of the single, hardening into a glinting ornate script made of diamonds and lined in gold.—
Glenn Rowley,
Billboard,
5 June 2025
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In a nutshell, FDM printers produce objects via a nozzle that moves back and forth over a print bed, depositing a filament of molten thermoplastic in successive layers.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
4 June 2025
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“Sultry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sultry. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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