sweat off

Example Sentences

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“I wish there was a better way,” he said, wiping sweat off his eyebrows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

He rubbed his sore back and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2023

I only weighed myself after exercising, when I had sweat off a pound; the scale had become my judge and jury, and my happiness was entirely prisoner to its results.

From Slate • Oct. 4, 2023

Prameela Walikar, a fisherwoman, wipes the sweat off her face and says that she can barely afford to keep her catch fresh in the stifling heat.

From BBC • May 5, 2022

So I carefully chose the good cows, the ones that we thought were friendly, and I licked the sweat off their noses.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola