The rooms of the palace, on the night of the reception, were stiflingly hot.
"Superwomen"
Albert Payson Terhune
It was stiflingly hot, too, but none of them noticed that.
"The Border Boys Across the Frontier"
Fremont B. Deering
It was stiflingly hot there, after the cool breeze which blew off the moor on the hillside; the air was thick with smoke and dust, and, as Maggie turned into the alley where she was to leave her child, she felt how close and stuffy it was.
"A Pair of Clogs"
Amy Walton