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Synonyms for swelter
Synonyms: Noun
dither, fluster, fret, fuss, huff, lather, pother, stew, sweat, swivet, tizzy, twitter
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Examples of swelter in a Sentence
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We were sweltering in the summer heat.Noun
the set designer spent the entire week before opening night in a swelterRecent Examples on the Web: Verb
The Bay Area and the nation as a whole may have enjoyed a relatively mild July, but the rest of the world sweltered in record heat. — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, The Mercury News, "Editorial: Hottest month ever heats up climate change debate," 18 Aug. 2019 Thursday afternoon, the heat index in the coastal city peaked at sweltering 117 degrees. — Jesus Jimenez, Dallas News, "Heat index values in Galveston have not dipped below 100 degrees for more than 30 hours," 9 Aug. 2019 There is a 15-20% chance of rain and the humidity will be sweltering at around 90%. — Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, "NASCAR at Daytona 2019: Schedule, lineup, TV and weather for Coke Zero Sugar 400," 6 July 2019 In France, memories of a deadly 2003 heat wave that killed 15,000 people in the country and left much of Europe sweltering still loom large. — Megan Specia, New York Times, "The heat wave is Europe’s new normal.," 26 June 2019 Canine chill wear Dogs don’t sweat, so their bodies can’t release all that heat on sweltering days. — Los Angeles Times, "Cool ways to beat the heat for you and your pets, plus a battery boost," 22 Aug. 2019 After a sweating man in a half-unbuttoned, pink-striped shirt opened a window on the train, sweltering passengers made rare eye contact, trading looks of approval and relief. — New York Times, "A Heat Wave Bakes Europe, Where Air-Conditioning Is Scarce," 25 July 2019 Scientists predicted July 2019 would be the Earth's hottest month ever with record-breaking heat waves sweltering the northern hemisphere. — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, "Rare lightning strikes 300 miles from North Pole amid hot summer in the Arctic," 13 Aug. 2019 Alaska has experienced record temps this year, Siberia is sweltering and a warm-up in Greenland has melted billions of tons of ice. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Last Month Was the Hottest July in Recorded History," 6 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Atlanta won't escape the swelter and is expected to feel as hot as 103 on Tuesday. — NBC News, "Dangerous heat wave blazes across large parts of Plains, South," 13 Aug. 2019 Some of the country’s biggest cities can expect to swelter. — Farah Stockman, New York Times, "Heat Wave to Hit Two-Thirds of the U.S. Here’s What to Expect.," 17 July 2019 This is a mysterious region far from the sun itself but swelters outer space with temperatures over one million degrees Fahrenheit. — Dean Regas, Cincinnati.com, "Meet the storm in the sky that would engulf Earth if it weren’t 93 million miles away," 13 June 2019 From Gibraltar’s swelter to a frigid Norwegian fjord, the evolutionary biologist takes readers on an adventure in unexpected revelations about this lost lineage of humans. — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, "The Best Science Books to Read For Summer 2019," 7 May 2019 When Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico last summer, Richard Santiago and his family toiled in the swelter of a powerless apartment for weeks as mosquitoes swarmed their flooded home. — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, "Warehouse District: How West Palm Beach’s newest nightlife village found suds, spirits and ‘soul’," 6 June 2019 San Diego County continued to swelter, melt and burn Saturday with record-breaking heat for the second day. — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, "San Diego County forecast this week: Hot, humid, cloudy," 7 July 2018 Confidence: High Tomorrow night: The midsummer swelter continues overnight. — Brian Jackson, Washington Post, "D.C.-area forecast: Sweltering conditions will persist through Independence Day," 1 July 2018 This boundary separates early March-level temperatures from midsummer swelter. — Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, "Storms threaten area with heavy rain and hail," 11 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'swelter.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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