perspire
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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
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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
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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
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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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