in a cold sweat
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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
Even the most devoted cat owners wonder at some point, perhaps waking up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night, whether their cat really loves them.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2022
Thomas awoke early in the morning in a cold sweat, vomiting on his floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2022
Whenever I got near one of them, I invariably broke out in a cold sweat and lost the ability to speak in complete sentences.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
