Word: Torrid

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day
torrid \TOR-id\ adjective

1: parched with heat especially of the sun : hot
*2 : ardent, passionate

Example sentence:
As she cleaned out the attic, Monica was shocked to find a box filled with torrid love letters that her grandfather had written to her grandmother.

Did you know?

"Torrid" derives from the Latin verb "torrēre," which means "to burn" or "to parch" and is an ancestor of our word "toast." Despite the dry implications of this root, it is also an ancestor of "torrent," which can refer to a violent stream of liquid (as in "a torrent of rain"). "Torrid" first appeared in English in the 16th century, and was originally used to describe something burned or scorched by exposure to the sun. The term "torrid zone" later came about to refer to tropical regions of the Earth. By the end of that century the word had taken on the extended meaning that we know today — suggesting fiery passion.

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.

My sentence:
The film Hidalgo includes a torrid trek across Arabian desert, challenging the survival of a horse and its rider.