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perspire

[per-spahyuhr] / pərˈspaɪər /


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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

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

From Washington Times Aug. 24, 2022

In summer’s heat, we perspire, and the perspiration evaporates.

From Washington Post Jul. 11, 2021

As time passed, I began to perspire in that small hot room.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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

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

Lester, the ace left-hander, and Manager John Farrell both said prior to Game 2 at Fenway Park that Lester perspires a great deal when he pitches.

From Washington Post Oct. 25, 2013

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

Meanwhile, the unfit women, by a wide margin, perspired the least, especially during the strenuous cycling, and became physiologically hotter — their core temperatures rising notably — before they began to sweat at full capacity.

From New York Times Oct. 20, 2010

They perspired with the sweat of a horse and had a smell of suntanned hide and the taciturn and impenetrable perseverance of men from the uplands.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

For the most part, though, the late-night hosts were less interested in how the interview actually went down and more focused on Trump’s face, which appears to be perspiring throughout Morgan’s teaser.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2022

I literally started perspiring — flop sweat — as if I were taking a final exam in a language I only partially recognized.

From Salon Feb. 5, 2022

Milton grinned at her, perspiring in pinstripes, and once again the tragedy cuff link glinted in the sim.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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