cold sweat
Example Sentences
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If the thought of configuring a VPN makes you break out in a cold sweat, this one’s for you.
From Salon • Feb. 11, 2026
Charles Green, Imran Ahmad, Derek Llambias, Barry Leach, David Somers - all these and more still have the capacity to make some on the current board break out in a cold sweat.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2024
"Even when I realise I am not in Kuta traffic, I can shake in fear, break out in a cold sweat and feel really scared."
From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2022
I have panic attacks about being the sole breadwinner and I wake up in a cold sweat thinking about what happens if I were to die or become ill and am unable to work!
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2022
A bar lowered across the doors with a fatal BOOM, and I woke in a cold sweat.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
