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Meanings of swelter in English

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Usage of swelter in English
1
There was not so much air in the dressing-room as tangible swelter.
The Mountebank
2
Worst dose I ever endured, and I'd nothing to do but swelter.
Freckles
3
Investigators clog the dingy rooms of the club, adding to the swelter.
The windup girl
4
While much of the country was being drenched, Christchurch continued to swelter yesterday.
Radio NZ
5
Wilting in the autumn swelter, we hit the trip's first real navigation challenge.
BBC
6
There was naught that Dunk could do but wait and swelter.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
7
And there was a tropical sun overhead and a tropical swelter in the air.
Life on the Mississippi
8
How they stew and swelter in positions they cannot fill.
Confiscation; An Outline
9
Thanks to the afternoon swelter, the sidewalk was nearly empty.
Heat Wave
10
The enervating swelter was giving way to a cool breeze, sharp in the shadows.
The water room
11
If she could but see out there in that foaming, roaring swelter of water!
Where the Sun Swings North
12
The youth in question rose from his seat and stalked into the further swelter room.
When William Came
13
New Zealand is continuing to swelter in record temperatures.
Radio NZ
14
The swelter of heat and body sweat hung above the city in a damp shimmer.
The First King of Shannara
15
Nothing could possibly swelter worse than the tiny cabin.
African Camp Fires
16
How does one simultaneously swelter and cool one's heels?
Spider bones: a novel
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