Sentence examples for crippling heat from inspiring English sources

The equatorial sun shines equitably all year round, without crippling heat.

It was so hot there that he couldn't sleep, and for ten days he walked around in the crippling heat in a daze of existential confusion.

The crippling heat has had residents cranking the air-conditioning and setting records for energy demand, leading on at least one day to electricity prices 40 times higher than usual.

The Bush Administration's patience for diplomacy seemed unlikely to endure much beyond the onset of the crippling heat of the Arabian summer in the latter half of March, and as Washington intensified its pressure on the Council to gird for war, the French mounted a diplomatic counter-offensive.

The anticipation of cooling off in the ocean kept my feet moving in the crippling heat, but the first sight of water temporarily stopped me in my tracks.

Exploiting rare vulnerability from world champions Mercedes, the German drove beautifully in a Ferrari that suffered far less in the crippling heat of Malaysia than did the world champions.

Supporters of the move, especially in the Northeast, said it would be a substantial help in ensuring that consumers get through the winter without facing crippling heating bills.

When pressed, Gough honestly admits that at least some of his decision was to find "a way of taking the heat off" the crippling expectation following the Mercury.

In a summer of near-record heat, widespread drought and crippling power blackouts, you'd be forgiven a few fleeting apocalyptic thoughts.

Some went insane from the constant hardships — dysentery and scurvy, ferocious storms alternating with stifling heat, tsetse flies, jiggas worms that produced crippling ulcers on their feet.

As important as playing against the Eastern Conference leaders -- the Indiana Pacers -- is on Monday in New York, the Knicks' loss in this swing game was crippling to their effort to steal the No. 2 seeding away from the Heat.