perspire

Example Sentences

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

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2023

A case could be made that the air around us on Sunday sought to clutch at us and suggest that we might wish to rest more and perspire less.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2022

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

From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2022

But when it goes right, mistakes are forgiven; the diners perspire, devour, quaff and sing together, and then, only then, will business be done.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2019

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

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote