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the air conditioning was broken, and it was sweltering in the office
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What follows is one wild, sweltering summer day and night in their East Village tenement, as the two scheme with a crew of eccentric neighbors to cover up a dead body.
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2025
Written by William Oldroyd (Eileen, Lady Macbeth), Dee Johnson (Fellow Travelers, The Good Wife) and Bill Dubuque, the psychological thriller is set in the sweltering heat of Atlanta, where Anna (Thompson) lives in haunting reclusivity, fading away from her friends and career as a news anchor.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Temperatures are beginning to lower, and outdoor time can finally be enjoyed again after the sweltering summer heat has abated.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
Set in a sweltering New York summer charged with tension and desire, the story begins when Wyeth meets Keating, a former seminarian whose intellect and intensity ignite a complicated friendship.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2025
Written by William Oldroyd (Eileen, Lady Macbeth), Dee Johnson (Fellow Travelers, The Good Wife) and Bill Dubuque, the psychological thriller is set in the sweltering heat of Atlanta, where Anna (Thompson) lives in haunting reclusivity, fading away from her friends and career as a news anchor.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Temperatures are beginning to lower, and outdoor time can finally be enjoyed again after the sweltering summer heat has abated.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
Set in a sweltering New York summer charged with tension and desire, the story begins when Wyeth meets Keating, a former seminarian whose intellect and intensity ignite a complicated friendship.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sweltering
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“Sweltering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweltering. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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