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Meanings of sultry air in English

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Usage of sultry air in English
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Apprehension fell over him like an icy rain in the sultry air.
Bella Donna: A Novel
2
The words hit me heavier than the still- sultry air in the palace.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
3
The sultry air seemed on fire, and not a breath stirred it.
The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others
4
The odor of corruption was almost tangible in the sultry air.
Voodoo Planet
5
There were signs of an approaching storm in the sultry air.
The Man from Brodney's
6
The sultry air penetrated the depths of the coal mine, and elevated the temperature.
The Underground City; Or, The Black Indies / (Sometimes Called T...
7
With a deafening roar the thunder broke, rumbling and crashing in the sultry air.
The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone
8
The men droop as wheat fields droop in the sultry air of a seething day.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) / Lette...
9
The sultry air is so oppressive that it is more than physical endurance can bear.
Arizona Sketches
10
She was reduced to speaking of the sultry air.
Sacrifice
11
There was a tension in the sultry air settling the camp from the moonless sky.
King Rat
12
One hour passed away; the fagots under the caldron burned clear in the sullen, sultry air.
The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories:...
13
Under the scorching heat these melancholy trees diffused their peculiar resinous odor through the sultry air.
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life
14
The sultry air impregnated with dust, the heat and smoke of burning palaces, palsied my limbs.
The Last Man
15
Even song birds had stilled their pipings, and made but brief flights through the sultry air.
The Wrong Twin
16
Over all hung the odour of the dung heap, pungent and heavy in the sultry air.
Hood
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