perspire

Example Sentences

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He couldn’t have been sweating on the dancefloor because an “overdose of adrenaline’’ during his time as a helicopter pilot in the 1982 Falklands War had left him unable to perspire.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2024

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

From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2022

That perhaps does hint that summer’s sultry grip on our imaginations and our propensity to perspire may be on the wane.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 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

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