2. Verb. (third-person singular of swelter) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swelters
1. swelter [v] - See also: swelter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swelters
Literary usage of Swelters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... The slimy Serpent swelters in his course; The sabled Archer clouds his languid
face; .Tnc (¡oat, with tempests, urges on his race; ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"We may cry for blankets while the East swelters in dog-day heat; we throw open
our doors and windows while you are cowering beneath the sharp stings of ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... swelters of the whirl. Scarcely had I secured myself in my new position when
we gave a wild lurch to starboard and rushed headlong into the abyss. ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly (1888)
"... the rule of contrary—to whom joy seems grief, and misery brings joy—who shivers
in summer and swelters in winter—to whom good is evil, and evil is good. ..."
5. South America: Observations and Impressions by James Bryce Bryce (1912)
"Except when cresting a ridge, the traveller swelters under an unbroken roof of
unpenetrable foliage. What redeems the scenery of the high Andes is the ..."
6. South America: Observations and Impressions by James Bryce Bryce (1912)
"Except when cresting a ridge, the traveller swelters under an unbroken roof of
impenetrable foliage. What redeems the scenery of the high Andes is the ..."
7. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... The slimy Serpent swelters in his course; The sabled Archer clouds his languid
face; .Tnc (¡oat, with tempests, urges on his race; ..."
8. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"We may cry for blankets while the East swelters in dog-day heat; we throw open
our doors and windows while you are cowering beneath the sharp stings of ..."
9. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... swelters of the whirl. Scarcely had I secured myself in my new position when
we gave a wild lurch to starboard and rushed headlong into the abyss. ..."
10. The Popular Science Monthly (1888)
"... the rule of contrary—to whom joy seems grief, and misery brings joy—who shivers
in summer and swelters in winter—to whom good is evil, and evil is good. ..."
11. South America: Observations and Impressions by James Bryce Bryce (1912)
"Except when cresting a ridge, the traveller swelters under an unbroken roof of
unpenetrable foliage. What redeems the scenery of the high Andes is the ..."
12. South America: Observations and Impressions by James Bryce Bryce (1912)
"Except when cresting a ridge, the traveller swelters under an unbroken roof of
impenetrable foliage. What redeems the scenery of the high Andes is the ..."
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