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Definition of "sultry" [sul•try]
- Very humid and hot: sultry July weather. (adjective)
- Extremely hot; torrid: the sultry sands of the desert. (adjective)
- Expressing or arousing desire: a sultry look; a sultry dance. (adjective)
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Use "sultry" in a sentence
- "He tells her that, in pitching the show to WNET, he called her "sultry"-"but I said 'smart' also"-and she lights up."
- "We enjoyed the cool breezes, and the fresh trout from the river, and pitied our friends in sultry Shemeroon."
- "Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia."