flop sweat
Example Sentences
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But by tip Tuesday against Penn State, they took their places as usual, with little more than flop sweat to suggest something was amiss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
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
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
There have been a lot of great miniseries in the past few years that would have been movies covered in flop sweat as recently as five years ago.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2020
They are very, very sorry, they tell their constituents, lips pursed, eyes downcast, forehead flop sweat glistening in front of the television cameras as they try to explain their transgressions.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2019
