in a sweat
Example Sentences
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And if that last sentence made you break out in a sweat, you can now relax.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
“I remember breaking out in a sweat; I was just paralyzed.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2023
On a recent morning, Nosie sat on a lawn chair watching young Stronghold men stoke a fire to heat the rocks that would be used later in a sweat lodge ceremony at Oak Flat.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023
As I struggled to pay attention, the only thought that registered was a distant awareness that I’d broken out in a sweat.
From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2022
She was too dehydrated to break out in a sweat.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
