sweat box
Example Sentences
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"The whole ship was a sweat box," he said, with some passengers in cabins that had no windows resorting to sleeping on the ship's roof.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
"Kiss me, take my heart, break it again," he sings atop a convulsive electro pulse, as dancers pull him into a transparent "sweat box" that represents the relationship he can't escape.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Me back to the sweat box at eight per when I'm gettin' fourteen for this?
From Side-stepping with Shorty by Sewell Ford
When she was brought into what the sensational newspapers would call the "sweat box" it was clear that she was in a state of abject terror.
From Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade by Ernest A. (Ernest Albert) Bell
"Yes, I'm in the sweat box," admitted Douglas.
From Michael O'Halloran by Gene Stratton-Porter
