perspire

Example Sentences

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Williams, who perspires as much as any comic who has ever gesticulated, attacks sex jokes with his entire body.

From New York Times

Confused and perspiring heavily, he vomited, collapsed and lost consciousness.

From New York Times

A "Miss Townsend" insisted that the furniture in her luxurious room be changed immediately and, according to Jessop, spent her "happiest moments . . . watching the agonized struggles of a couple of perspiring stewards tackling the job."

From Salon

“I always wore it. No matter how hot it was or how much I perspired, I wore it.”

From New York Times

I literally started perspiring — flop sweat — as if I were taking a final exam in a language I only partially recognized.

From Salon