[
UK
/swˈɛltɐ/
]
[ US /ˈswɛɫtɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈswɛɫtɝ/ ]
VERB
-
suffer from intense heat
we were sweltering at the beach - be uncomfortably hot
How To Use swelter In A Sentence
- As it was, we spent a couple of sweltering hours there and left.
- Star staff Saturday, August 22, 2009 - Powered by SIDON: The southern coastal city of Sidon saw banners fill its streets and lights brighten up its sky days before the Holy Month of weather in Baltimore has been sweltering lately, putting many at risk for heat-related conditions. such as Italy criticised Internazionale coach Jose Mourinho for comments the Portuguese made about Ramadan at the weekend. WN.com - Articles related to Lagos Fires Tourism Through Sports
- They sweltered in temperatures rising to a hundred degrees.
- As Hong Kong sweltered for the second day under smoggy skies, a health lobby group called on the government to reform its current air pollution health warnings saying they are inadequate.
- If you thought that you were sweltering more than usual during February you were far from wrong.
- Tennis stars play five-set matches in sweltering heat. Times, Sunday Times
- United forced to change press conference arrangements due to sweltering heat in a tiny room. The Sun
- The rest have been sleeping in tents outside in sweltering summer temperatures. Times, Sunday Times
- If at times the voice of the song is plaintive, that is no more than a reflection of broken homesteads and sweltering emigrant ships. The Irish Mind
- Outside the Waldorf-Astoria, demonstrators and cops shivered in a cold, persistent drizzle; inside, delegates sweltered in the over-heating that seems to tempt every hotel manager.