break out in a sweat
Example Sentences
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And if that last sentence made you break out in a sweat, you can now relax.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
“I’d break out in a sweat in the middle of the night thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, what if that was Ryan or Jacob in my position?’”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023
I break out in a sweat, a clear signal it’s past time to quit.
From The Verge • Jul. 1, 2022
The screen-filling presentation comes ripe with toasty, foreboding sunsets, pale blue skies, sunlight cracking through mountains, and plenty of earthy and amber tints to make viewers break out in a sweat.
From Washington Times • Jul. 17, 2018
She was too dehydrated to break out in a sweat.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
