the air conditioning was broken, and it was sweltering in the office
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Myrtle Beach delivers average January highs of 57 degrees and February highs of 61 degrees — ideal for outdoor exploration without the sweltering summer heat.—Lisa A. Beach, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025 The main hall, essentially a very long gray tent, was filled with the sounds of power tools and hadn’t yet been air-conditioned, giving it the feeling of a sweltering urban jungle.—Natasha Bracken, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2025 In 2018, a judge ordered that a Texas prison’s sweltering conditions amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025 Dressed casually in a white business shirt in the sweltering tropical heat, Newsom made a point of listing climate actions made by two Republican presidents from California, Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon.—Reuters, NBC news, 12 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sweltering
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