perspire

Example Sentences

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After exposure to heat, these children suddenly began vomiting and perspiring.They were listless, irritable, and dehydrated.

From Scientific American

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

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

The artist’s movements animate a digital stand-in who resembles some sort of TV host, shifting in his midcentury-modern chair, perspiring under virtual klieg lights.

From New York Times

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