The saliva of the toad was considered poisonous and was known as sweltered venom and it was believed that it could spit or vomit poisonous fire.
Everywhere he went tourists and pedestrians sweltered and sweated in the sultry, humid air.
Twenty-four hours later, when the next warm spell of weather started they were operating at full blast so that everybody sweltered while they were subsiding again.
We just sat and sweltered in the sun, and there was nothing to do.
