perspire

Your nose will perspire and you will feel compelled to touch it.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024

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

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

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

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

But I perspired on them so much that the metal inside was totally rusted and started to smell.

From The Verge ● Oct. 15, 2017

“I always perspired because I was nervous. I used to get soaking wet. I’d go through tuxes.”

From Washington Post ● May 24, 2016

“Miss,” I whispered as my hands perspired and my knees shook.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

They do not sweat like humans – only perspiring a small amount through the pads on their paws, with their often thick fur coats meaning their core temperature can rise quickly in high temperatures.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 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

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

Two days later, a slightly perspiring Kruse filmed a Facebook Live to clarify his own allegiance.

From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2020

But there must have been close to a hundred perspiring people squeezed into the stuffy bus.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane