suffocating heat
Frequency: 7.05.8 per million words
describes heat that is so intense it is difficult to breathe
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- The suffocating heat in the desert made it impossible to travel during the day.
- We had to stay indoors because of the suffocating heat wave.
- The unventilated room was filled with suffocating heat and humidity.
- Even with the fan on, the suffocating heat made sleeping difficult.
- The suffocating heat of the engine room was intense.
- They longed for a cool breeze to escape the suffocating heat.
- The athletes struggled to perform in the suffocating heat of the stadium.
- We drove with the windows down, trying to escape the suffocating heat outside.
- The city was blanketed in a heavy, suffocating heat for weeks.
- She felt dizzy from the suffocating heat and lack of air.