The sultriness of her look was unmistakable. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective, : a sultry day. ,the sultry sun. ,sultry work in the fields. ,sultry eyes. From Dictionary.com.
I cannot breathe; the sultriness is dreadful; your window is still open. From Wordnik.com. [Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times] Reference
The deep sultriness of her voice pulled him out of his reverie. From Wordnik.com. [Shock Value]
Carolina, complained of the severe heat and sultriness of the air. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
A week went by, -- a week of weather that had all the sultriness of. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886] Reference
I love the photos ... and I, too, commented on the sultriness of it. From Wordnik.com. [the daring bakers strike again - cinnamon buns] Reference
The noon of day had come with intense sultriness, and, feeling fatigued. From Wordnik.com. [A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition] Reference
In a world of blondes, I've always idolized the sultriness of a fellow brunette. From Wordnik.com. [Mom About Town] Reference
The sun came out, increasing the sultriness of the day, while the dead calm still held. From Wordnik.com. [THE HOUSE OF MAPUHI] Reference
Ferns brushed his calves, wet, a touch of cold here where sultriness hung on after dark. From Wordnik.com. [Starfarers]
The day was warm, but overcast, and there was a threat of a thunderstorm in the sultriness of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scout Fire Fighters or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed] Reference
Mid-day came, and brought with it the sultriness and cheerful brightness of a Norwegian summer's day. From Wordnik.com. [A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition] Reference
The speaker was a person who wore a garb peculiarly suitable to the autumnal sultriness of the weather. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 16, 1892] Reference
Berendt underlines the sultriness, snobbery and sensuality of the town where Flannery O'Connor grew up. From Wordnik.com. [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: Summary and book reviews of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt.] Reference
Join producer, director and 2009 Honorary Academy Award-winner Roger Corman for more sultriness and. From Wordnik.com. [Pete Seeger: Power of Song] Reference
The Prophet named it “Hamt,” (sultriness), when he passed through it on his way to the Battle of Badr. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
Rhona Mitra is hot and she has the sultriness attitude that can carry on to a Selina Kyle/Catwoman character. From Wordnik.com. [Could Rhona Mitra play Catwoman in Batman 3?] Reference
The nights are almost always agreeably cool, and frequent showers and breezes allay the sultriness of the days. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Twice torrents of rain had hit, but it was warm rain and the sultriness of the air made conditions now almost tropical. From Wordnik.com. [Galactic Derelict]
After steaming up multiplexes in "American Beauty" and "American Pie," she brings her sweet sultriness to HBO's "Six Feet Under.". From Wordnik.com. [NEWSMAKERS] Reference
I long for the rain in the sultriness of summer and for the sun on a misty day, I long for peace within and grow angry when time stagnates. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
"The deadly sultriness of these nights," she sighed. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Children] Reference
It is delightful to go up to Simla from the sultriness of. From Wordnik.com. [From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People] Reference
And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry] Reference
The water was inviting, with the sultriness of the afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill] Reference
The sultriness of the day had been succeeded by a cool and refreshing air. From Wordnik.com. [Hardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago. a tale of Indian warfare] Reference
Uhura (Zoe Saldana), the linguist and listener, again combines sultriness and sensitivity. From Wordnik.com. [Home - BostonHerald.com] Reference
Lister-Jones is a fiery, funny actress, a pint-size comedienne capable of surprising sultriness. From Wordnik.com. [ Politics] Reference
She had seen them day after day thinly lined on the dead sky, inviting thunder and doomed to sultriness. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragic Comedians — Complete] Reference
The room began to darken, but they thought only of a shower that would banish the sultriness of the day. From Wordnik.com. [His Sombre Rivals] Reference
At least her facial expression of forced sultriness barely masking profound discomfort is pretty accurate. From Wordnik.com. [The Comics Curmudgeon] Reference
There was a sultriness in the air, even at that early period of the year, which to me seemed equal to that of Madras. From Wordnik.com. [Diary in America, Series One] Reference
A yellowish fog obscured the air, and there was a closeness and sultriness in the atmosphere that was strange for that wintry season. From Wordnik.com. [A Romance of Two Worlds] Reference
All was fresh and beautiful after the sultriness of the desert, and the sunshine and sweet, crisp air were delightful to the wanderers. From Wordnik.com. [The Road to Oz] Reference
Oriental and Southern recreation, and came quite naturally to the mind of a writer living in a land steeped in sunshine and sultriness. From Wordnik.com. [Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria] Reference
I found sleep almost impossible from the sultriness of the air, and used to remain at the open window for the greater part of the night. From Wordnik.com. [Diary in America, Series One] Reference
It was warm, and miller Witham, uncomfortable at all times in summer sultriness, was doubly so in the hot, dusty atmosphere of the mill. From Wordnik.com. [The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill] Reference
He considered snow in winter proper; sultriness in summer legitimate; frosts in the autumn the same, and rains in spring not objectionable. From Wordnik.com. [The Gilded Age A tale of today] Reference
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