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Torrid


Definition:

  • (a.) Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.
  • (a.) Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) David Moyes' first season in charge of United has been conspicuously torrid one, but a win here tonight would earn him no shortage of goodwill from supporters anxious for portents of better things to come next season.
  • (2) "I would like to thank our employees for their magnificent response to the torrid market conditions," Rothermere said in the DGMT annual report .
  • (3) BP has had endured a torrid time since the Deepwater Horizon accident, which killed 11 oil rig workers and caused the biggest oil spill in US history.
  • (4) Given that BG Group is one of the world leaders in LNG and recently completed a $20bn facility in Australia, the acquisition here could well draw a line under a turbulent time for BG Group, which has struggled with management uncertainty over the last 18 months, and in the process given shareholders a rather torrid time.
  • (5) The investment banking division, which causes much of the controversy over bonuses at the end of the year, has had a torrid time but remained profitable and Hester said it had been operating in an "incredibly treacherous environment".
  • (6) Stephen Hester, chief executive of RBS, is expected to insist that the bank is on track to resume dividends in 2014 – for the first time since the banking crisis – despite the torrid performance last year.
  • (7) Morgan, who endured a torrid evening, was also involved in Liverpool’s second goal, when he succeeded only in deflecting Sterling’s cross into the path of Gerrard, who was perfectly placed to stroke a first-time shot from 12 yards into the corner.
  • (8) Since then, our man in Berlin has had to endure a torrid time with the World's Greatest Orchestra™.
  • (9) Now, you never apologise for wins in MLB or in any league, but during that torrid stretch of 50 games, just 16 were against winning teams.
  • (10) The National Farmers Union is taking legal advice to try to get compensation for the region's farmers but regional director Melanie Squires said they were having a "torrid time" making any headway with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
  • (11) The difference between the torrid tropics and the icy Arctic governs weather patterns in the northern hemisphere.
  • (12) They'd had a torrid opening half as the Eagles harried them from the opening whistle, with the visitors even coming close to opening the scoring - but as the half, then the game, wore on, the Goat's neat possession game began to wear down the Eagles.
  • (13) The noticeable increase in the party’s overall share of the vote and the failure of Ukip to break through in a part of the north-west seen by Nigel Farage as fertile territory gives Corbyn a chance to regroup after a torrid two weeks.
  • (14) Tesco needs to change its culture and reinvent its brand, the company’s new chief executive, Dave Lewis, has told employees after a torrid week for the supermarket chain.
  • (15) And this time there is a list of failed promises – on Guantánamo, universal healthcare – to add to the attack, while the personal claims seem to be yet more torrid (this week's most bizarre is that "Obama's mother was a porn star").
  • (16) Martin Slaney, GFT "Official confirmation of our somewhat inevitable recessionary status caps off a torrid week for UK plc.
  • (17) The ASX200 share index experienced a torrid day on Tuesday, falling 2.12% to close at 5096, after two surveys showed China’s huge manufacturing sector was contracting.
  • (18) Especially the fans and atmosphere at GP.” Dijkhuizen had endured a torrid start to the season, which involved a 4-0 home defeat by Oxford in the Capital One Cup, the record-signing Andreas Bjelland being ruled out for the whole campaign and a poor run of results in the league.
  • (19) Yet despite many objective observers believing Pardew did an excellent job in often difficult circumstances on Tyneside before leaving for Palace after Christmas, he became a hate figure for many Newcastle fans and withstood months of abuse during a torrid 2014.
  • (20) His positioning was terrible, his reaction too slow Kyle Walker 8 Very impressive when bombarding forward, teaming up well with Lallana and giving Georgi Schennikov a torrid time.

Torril


Definition:

  • (n.) A worthless woman; also, a worthless horse.

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