perspire

Example Sentences

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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

But Andrew said that he wasn’t able, at that time, to perspire.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2019

Tendai looked at her steadily, the way Father did when he wanted to make someone perspire.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer