Adjective : the stifling atmosphere of the cavern. From Dictionary.com.
The electricity's out again, and it's stiflingly hot. From Wordnik.com. ['I Know I'll Get Through This'] Reference
The sun seemed stiflingly hot on her unprotected head. From Wordnik.com. [The Silicon Mage]
By nine o'clock the morning had become stiflingly hot. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Can the rest of Wednesday teams be that stiflingly good?. From Wordnik.com. [March 19th, 2009] Reference
Being a college student can be a stiflingly insular experience. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Drivas: Life Inside the Higher Education Bubble] Reference
So, since I have a stiflingly boring day job, I wrote this scene. From Wordnik.com. [Jamie Frevele: Killer Sequels: The Gravedigger Returns to "Bones" (Not Jason)] Reference
Packing too many people in this mess tent made it stiflingly hot. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Gryphon]
Two lamps were burning, and the air was stiflingly hot and acrid. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Silver Bow]
The hall, crowded with sweating men, was stiflingly close and hot. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
On the other hand, dinner with Pelican was stiflingly white-collar. From Wordnik.com. [macarena] Reference
That organization is now regarded by many as stiflingly politicized. From Wordnik.com. [Balance of Power: A New Group Counters] Reference
Hope Paris is not as stiflingly hot as Grenoble or as rainy as Cumbria. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A #2] Reference
The air outside seemed stiflingly cold after the stuffy heat of the cabin. From Wordnik.com. [Spirits White As Lightning]
But it's not hard to see this conformity can also be stiflingly oppressive. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference
RIVERS: This hospital is filthy, stiflingly hot, and desperately overcrowded. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2005] Reference
Luckily not as stiflingly hot as in Japan, but still something to get used to. From Wordnik.com. [More Postcards from Canada] Reference
Only after he is stiflingly bored does he realize he's not in Heaven after all. From Wordnik.com. [Book Review: Coraline] Reference
The exhibition itself was stiflingly hot and heaving with students and parents. From Wordnik.com. [The One That's The Longest For A While] Reference
The rest of the crowd jostled stiflingly closer, and several voices were lifted. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Magic]
The top of the stove glowed a bright cherry red and the room was stiflingly hot. From Wordnik.com. [Partisans]
“This room is stiflingly hot,” said Dr. Bretton, rising with sudden impatience. From Wordnik.com. [Villette] Reference
It was dark, warm, stiflingly so, and there was pressure bearing down on my head. From Wordnik.com. [Box] Reference
It's pure slogging, and what's worse, the cutting room is stiflingly free of oxygen. From Wordnik.com. [resume your resum��] Reference
Without the breeze it would be merely unbearably and stiflingly hot at the dig site. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers' War]
What sun there was, was filtered through a thick haze, the air was stiflingly still. From Wordnik.com. [THE PEOPLE'S ARMY AND THE PEOPLE] Reference
The windowless interior was stiflingly hot, lit as it was by stands of smoky torches. From Wordnik.com. [Riverwind the Plainsman]
All in a breath the huge room had become stiflingly oppressive; the gaiety unbearable. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
But the staff was late, and 4 incoming freshmen waited in a stiflingly hot 2nd floor hallway. From Wordnik.com. [When I grow up] Reference
It was stiflingly hot on the boat, and my wonderfully chic foul-weather suit was not helping. From Wordnik.com. [DearlyDevotedDexter]
Although Tarma usually enjoyed warmth, the air in the Great Hall was stiflingly hot even to her. From Wordnik.com. [Oathbreaker]
Inside the bowels of the French galley, it was stiflingly hot and reeked of unwashed human skin. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
Impossible to calculate the time of death; the temperature in the closed room was stiflingly hot. From Wordnik.com. [The Mummy Case]
The host, who had been almost stiflingly accommodating to that point, suddenly invoked his power. From Wordnik.com. [The Mad Ship]
Short, Direct Instructions On a stiflingly humid morning last week at a tryout in Deerfield, Ill. From Wordnik.com. [America's Got Talent?] Reference
In the height of summer, I admit it can get stiflingly hot and one craves a chilled glass of white. From Wordnik.com. [Rules to Drink By] Reference
The sky was still heavy with cloud, revealing the sun only in fitful bursts, yet at the same time it was stiflingly hot. From Wordnik.com. [The Count's Blackmail Bargain]
The stiflingly humid weather didn't help matters ... just breathing was a chore, and an alb is not as cool a garment as one might think. From Wordnik.com. [trinityboy Diary Entry] Reference
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