flop sweat

Example Sentences

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But scoff I must: On an album slick with flop sweat, poor little Daisy comes across not as a beneficiary of Perry’s motherly encouragement but as a victim of her creative desperation.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2024

So many TV series, especially on the broadcast networks, strive for a four-quadrant appeal and have only flop sweat to show for it.

From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2022

One can actually smell the flop sweat as Larson gives an agonizingly self-indulgent monologue that recounts his failed efforts to get the play that he thought would make his Broadway career get off the ground.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2021

Sorry, but this desperate Hail Mary pass of a trailer smells of flop sweat.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2019

Upon meeting a gaggle of strangers, I still sprout flop sweat all over my torso, just like before.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2017