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

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

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