stifling hot

phrase

: very hot
stifling hot weather

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Crisp, smooth, and cool, the sheets run no risk of stifling hot sleepers, and the pillowcases have self-hems that lend a polished look to any bed—or dorm room. Jenny Berg, Vogue, 29 June 2025 Several of them interviewed by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel described their housing as a crowded, stifling hot dormitory plagued with insects. Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2024 California has been in the throes of the most brutal September heat wave in state history, with stifling hot days leading into nights that are setting record-high lows and offering little relief. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 The last weekend of August will be warm and mellow at the coast but stifling hot everywhere east of Interstate 15, particularly in the deserts, where the temperature could reach 117 degrees on Saturday and 112 on Sunday. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2021 Ryan Housley had just finished repairing a pipeline inside one of the manufacturing units on Rubicon LLC’s 81-acre campus in Geismar when his shift ended on a stifling hot afternoon in May 2012. Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com, 3 Jan. 2021

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“Stifling hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stifling%20hot. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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