The hot, steamy weather made the park's spectacular greenery, still dripping from the evening rain, even more dramatic; we had the sensation of being in a vast greenhouse.

"I've lived in Hong Kong, so I should be used to this," she said of the steamy weather.

Portions are huge; order abstemiously or be prepared to take home the next day's meal, not a bad idea in hot, steamy weather.

But with steamy weather and whirring fans, summer invites special rituals.

He struggled through five innings, allowing 11 hits and 6 runs, and said his undoing stemmed from a disobedient changeup, not the steamy weather.

It could have been the steamy weather on a lazy day at Yankee Stadium causing the senses to fade from the on-again, off-again action.

These were perfect conditions for Takahashi, who has been brilliant in steamy weather.

It's equally useful in steamy weather; a tub full of bracing cold water, especially when we bounce a fan's breeze off it, helps keep the room cool.

When summer arrived with the steamy hot weather the family would pack up and go out to the country to the river the Catawba River.

My hope, being a swamp aficionado, was for steamy weather and lots of reptiles.