1
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
Her sultry photo shoot for the movie The Outlaw—lying on a stack of hay, holding a gun, blouse straps at her shoulders, revealing just enough—led to a censorship battle.
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Seth Wickersham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
But her fate will change with the sudden arrival of Eleni (Aurora Marion), a sultry singer who performs at the town’s bar.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 1 Sep. 2025
Kelly Rowland at 44 proves sleek, modern classics can be every bit as sultry.
—Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 18 Aug. 2025
Indochine is a sultry swirl of tangerine booths and 1960s jazz.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Seth Wickersham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
But her fate will change with the sudden arrival of Eleni (Aurora Marion), a sultry singer who performs at the town’s bar.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 1 Sep. 2025
Kelly Rowland at 44 proves sleek, modern classics can be every bit as sultry.
—Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 18 Aug. 2025
Indochine is a sultry swirl of tangerine booths and 1960s jazz.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sultry
Adjective
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Gone are the mattyifying mists and powders needed for humid summer days and nights.—
Tanya Akim,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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After the stretch of hazy, warm and humid summer nights running from June through August, September brings us cooler temperatures and generally clearer and more transparent skies.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The next few minutes show her searing chicken that’s been marinated in paprika, salt and pepper, and sauteeing onions and tomatoes.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
20 Sep. 2025
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Many now consider Scorsese’s searing, boisterous boxing drama one of the director’s best — a brutal, black-and-white symphony of rage and violence.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
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Years later, a graduate student had collected samples of the cheese from its aging caves – damp, dark rooms cut into the hillside – and brought them back to the lab, where Wolfe noticed the change in appearance.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
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Rain is coming, penciled in for an hour or two from now, and a harsh British wind is flinging leaves off branches and cloaking the countryside with something that smells dungy and damp.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
13 Aug. 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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Cities are crowded and hot, beaches are packed, and days seamlessly shift into night, leaving hardly any time to freshen up before dinner.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Sep. 2025
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Some of jazz and R&B's biggest names from the early and mid-20th century played their Louisville gigs at a certain hot nightclub in a bustling business district.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Please tell me the sequel could answer the most burning question of the ’00s: How could Austin not recognize Sam in that mask?—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
13 Aug. 2025
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Cooper, 30, asked Hargitay one more burning question about the actors' on-screen alter egos: will Olivia and Elliot ever end up together?—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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This cake is best slightly underbaked so the center is molten like a lava cake.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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To bring sand to its molten state, the furnace must be heated to over 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit (1,500 degrees Celisus) for as long as 50 hours, which requires burning fossil fuels such as natural gas, releasing greenhouse gases.—
Aki Ishida,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Sultry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sultry. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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