flop sweat

Example Sentences

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But by tip Tuesday against Penn State, they took their places as usual, with little more than flop sweat to suggest something was amiss.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

Even if you’re not someone who experiences full-blown flop sweat when things go awry, those micro-shifts in sweat content of your skin can indicate different kinds of emotional arousal, including the onset of stress.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2022

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

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2022

It’s all flop sweat, a sad, desperate attempt to make Tom and Jerry the one thing they never were: cool.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2021

Upon meeting a gaggle of strangers, I still sprout flop sweat all over my torso, just like before.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2017