perspire
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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
Your nose will perspire and you will feel compelled to touch it.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024
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
Mother is making him perspire in hopes of sweating out the fever.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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