perspire
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He couldn’t have been sweating on the dancefloor because an “overdose of adrenaline’’ during his time as a helicopter pilot in the 1982 Falklands War had left him unable to perspire.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Your nose will perspire and you will feel compelled to touch it.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
And he said, ‘Coach, quarterbacks don’t sweat. Quarterbacks perspire.’
From Washington Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
Scientists believe that if you perspire more during the later questions, then you are lying.
From Encyclopedia.com ● Sep. 19, 2018
The mere sight of a police officer or a judge was enough to make him perspire with anxiety.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
But nearly everything about Charlie — the sound of his breathing, the way he eats, moves and perspires — underlines his abjection, to an extent that starts to feel cruel and voyeuristic.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
Runny Rampling shamelessly perspires like some sort of gruesome mutant.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2016
Short and plump, Agarwal perspires in the late spring heat.
From Forbes ● Jul. 2, 2014
Lester, the ace left-hander, and Manager John Farrell both said prior to Game 2 at Fenway Park that Lester perspires a great deal when he pitches.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2013
Once inside the train he perspires heavily and takes off his coat.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
The beleaguered bride, in her dress, perspired through her makeup on a warm afternoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
He recalls that Cash, out of his element as an actor, perspired so much out of nervousness that Ron got soaking wet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
Yet the second-seeded Federer perspired so much during his upset loss to Millman this week that some began to wonder whether his switch in apparel sponsorship from Nike to Uniqlo was to blame.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2018
But I perspired on them so much that the metal inside was totally rusted and started to smell.
From The Verge ● Oct. 15, 2017
I perspired and my body shuddered from the pain.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
Its second season concluded last Tuesday with a perspiring Woods making a TV ratings-boosting appearance in the finals.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
Even with the increased numbers of travelers of late, going on vacation in autumn is like entering a hushed and luxurious train car after having been in a stuffed summer subway pressed against perspiring commuters.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2023
If you see your child has hot and dry skin, is breathing rapidly, has a rapid heart rate or is no perspiring — or barely perspiring — these could be a sign of heatstroke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
Often in popular culture, whether it is fiction or news media, the sight of someone perspiring is just an instant shorthand for desperate, scared, losing.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2021
In the meadow Taran had been flushed and perspiring.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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