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as in searing
having a notably high temperature
the dry, torrid summers in southern Arizona
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as in warm
having or expressing great depth of feeling
a torrid love affair
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Recent Examples of torrid
As if to sum up the torrid run.
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Ben Church, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
Although Miami was scoring at a torrid pace during the playoffs, outscoring its previous three opponents 13-1, the team knew Saturday’s match would be a huge challenge.
—Miami Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
Cooper had enjoyed a career of writing torrid love letters to his wife, Diana, before dying at sea in '54.
—CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
Beyond her torrid relationship with Taissa Turner, Van felt like a voice of reason in a sea of noise — steadfast in her effort to reform after her time in The Wilderness rather than succumbing to its violent will.
—Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
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Sophomore Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser, whose searing opening monologue had everyone from Leonardo DiCaprio to Julia Roberts taking jabs in stride.—
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For the ceremony, Lawrence wore a searing red gown designed by Raf Simons during his stint at the house of Dior.—
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What better month to hunker down, swathed in a cozy sweater, with a warm drink and a good book in hand, than January?—
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Frisbee recounts feeling bathed in warm light and then having had a vision of himself leading thousands of hippies into the Pacific Ocean to be baptized.—
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Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.—
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.—
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Kepner is passionate about accountability and service journalism and encourages anyone to reach out to her to tell their story or share a tip.—
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Most importantly of all, the goal of an actor is to share it, have people see it and have strong, passionate feelings about it — good and sometimes bad.—
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The layered neckline, with the bust peeking out from behind, imitates this season's hottest red carpet trend, the semi-visible bra.—
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The cameras were on and the mic was hot when Johnson rallied his team in the locker room following a 31-27 comeback victory.—
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At Fox, Collier became known for his passional embrace of blockchain, NFTs and the whole Web3 space.—
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Please tell me the sequel could answer the most burning question of the ’00s: How could Austin not recognize Sam in that mask?—
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Cooper, 30, asked Hargitay one more burning question about the actors' on-screen alter egos: will Olivia and Elliot ever end up together?—
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Fan Kelly Terzis described her feelings as intense sadness and grief, but also gratitude.—
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The study made a significant contribution, if not clarification, to this academic niche — medieval migration wasn’t seasonal, nor sporadic and intense.—
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“Torrid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torrid. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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