sweltered; sweltering
ˈswel-t(ə-)riŋ 
1
: to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat
2
: to become exceedingly hot
in summer, the place swelters
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Examples of swelter in a Sentence
Verb
We were sweltering in the summer heat.
Noun
the set designer spent the entire week before opening night in a swelter
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Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
Hundreds of thousands of Texans continued to swelter in unrelenting heat and humidity Sunday as a fleet of utility workers tried to restore electricity three days after a derecho and a few tornadoes slammed the Houston area, leaving seven dead.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
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Verb
In summer, when the city below is sweltering, the granite peak in the Santa Catalina Range offers cool respite.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
Hundreds of thousands of Texans continued to swelter in unrelenting heat and humidity Sunday as a fleet of utility workers tried to restore electricity three days after a derecho and a few tornadoes slammed the Houston area, leaving seven dead.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
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“Swelter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swelter. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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