perspire

Your nose will perspire and you will feel compelled to touch it.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024

When you perspire, the sweat on your skin can pull heat from your body as it evaporates.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023

And he said, ‘Coach, quarterbacks don’t sweat. Quarterbacks perspire.’

From Washington Times ● Aug. 24, 2022

The whole concept behind the machine is that people will perspire more while telling a lie.

From Encyclopedia.com ● Sep. 19, 2018

His legs trembled; the pain in his knees made him perspire.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

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

He walks five miles every day for exercise and perspires a great deal, but he doesn’t change his shirt.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 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

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

As sweat beaded under masks and upper lips perspired in the beating sun, the cast and crew of “Pass Over” introduced themselves for the first time through handshakes and hugs, rather than a Zoom screen.

From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 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

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

In the interrogation room, he sat quietly and dabbed at his perspiring face with a tissue.

From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2022

For the most part, though, the late-night hosts were less interested in how the interview actually went down and more focused on Trump’s face, which appears to be perspiring throughout Morgan’s teaser.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2022

Every now and then I studied the map above my father’s desk and pictured Mr. Pirzada on that small patch of yellow, perspiring heavily, I imagined, in one of his suits, searching for his family.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri