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
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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Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2025
Guardiola might use this summer to fix up his defensive discipline, but expect to see Cherki’s creativity in full flow against weary defences melting in the sweltering sun.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
The swelter wasn’t just numerical as the real-feel temperature, the heat index factoring in relative humidity, was a couple of notches higher.
—Biswajeet Banerjee, Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2025
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Verb
The weather was sweltering and the fellows were friendly and gracious.
—Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2025
Guardiola might use this summer to fix up his defensive discipline, but expect to see Cherki’s creativity in full flow against weary defences melting in the sweltering sun.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Noun
With platinum success in the rearview and a swelter of career accolades on the mantle, these acts have little left to prove other than making art that means something to them, whether an audience gathers or not.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
The swelter wasn’t just numerical as the real-feel temperature, the heat index factoring in relative humidity, was a couple of notches higher.
—Biswajeet Banerjee, Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for swelter
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“Swelter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swelter. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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