in a sweat
Example Sentences
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And if that last sentence made you break out in a sweat, you can now relax.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
His improvisations are torrential, dance-like and swinging, spiraling upward to mountaintop pronouncements that can leave listeners in a sweat.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2023
The elder was in a sweat lodge praying when it came to him: “Waasizo Gichi Anong Ningaabii’ Anong,” or “Shining Big Star in the West,” said Joan Azure.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2022
As I struggled to pay attention, the only thought that registered was a distant awareness that I’d broken out in a sweat.
From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2022
When Bear was finally done and stood all in a sweat, people gathered around him, even as children surrounded me and pelted me with questions.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
