perspire
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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
Sustained exposure to certain thresholds of high heat and humidity makes it difficult for people’s bodies to cool down, as they cannot effectively perspire.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022
The mere sight of a police officer or a judge was enough to make him perspire with anxiety.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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
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
But I perspired on them so much that the metal inside was totally rusted and started to smell.
From The Verge ● Oct. 15, 2017
As his infection intensified, Garfield heavily perspired and ran a high fever.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
Then, singer Adele announced on stage in Las Vegas in 2023 that she had contracted a fungal infection as a result of perspiring.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
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
He has a hot girlfriend who tells him how beautiful he is and a heavily perspiring agent who tells him how powerful he is — what more could a guy want?
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Andrew denied his accuser’s claim he was perspiring when they first met because he had “a peculiar medical condition, which is that I don’t sweat.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
He shoves it as best he can under his seat, his long legs bent awkwardly, aware that he is perspiring.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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