perspiration
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"There are even some rather moving, rather touching details -- namely, its silk lining shows clear signs of perspiration," he said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
He begins “Hotwired” with an accessible tour through the biology and evolutionary history of perspiration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
When she hits, she’s hilarious: An extended bit about leaving a puddle of her perspiration on a piece of gym equipment involves James Cameron developing a submersible to get to the bottom of it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
The polygraph exam uses a device strapped to a subject’s body to measure physiological responses like heart rate, blood pressure and perspiration as the person answers yes-or-no questions.
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2025
He reached into his pocket to pull out a handkerchief to wipe the perspiration that had formed on his brow.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
In phthisis pulmonalis, at a late stage, colliquative diarrhoea, like colliquative perspirations, shows the breaking up of the system by excessive waste.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The plant, without doubt, is decidedly anti-epileptic, its remedial effects being straightway followed by profuse and fetid perspirations.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
As the disease advances, the countenance becomes very pale, and the flesh wastes, and profuse night perspirations, great debility, swelling of the ankles, and nervousness ensue.
From The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease by Thomas Bull
And after a time, it is seen that the flesh wastes, the eyes become bright, and there are heavy night perspirations, especially towards morning.
From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Eva Hope
There is usually little fever, or at most only a slight heat and thirst towards evening, with occasional flushings of the face; and still more rarely, profuse perspirations in the latter part of the night.
From The Young Man's Guide by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
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Charlotte's Web
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Physical Education - Introductory
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Physical Education - Middle School and High School
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