perspire

When you perspire, the sweat on your skin can pull heat from your body as it evaporates.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023

A case could be made that the air around us on Sunday sought to clutch at us and suggest that we might wish to rest more and perspire less.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2022

And he said, ‘Coach, quarterbacks don’t sweat. Quarterbacks perspire.’

From Washington Times ● Aug. 24, 2022

Sustained exposure to certain thresholds of high heat and humidity makes it difficult for people’s bodies to cool down, as they cannot effectively perspire.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022

Tendai looked at her steadily, the way Father did when he wanted to make someone perspire.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

But nearly everything about Charlie — the sound of his breathing, the way he eats, moves and perspires — underlines his abjection, to an extent that starts to feel cruel and voyeuristic.

From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2022

He walks five miles every day for exercise and perspires a great deal, but he doesn’t change his shirt.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022

Runny Rampling shamelessly perspires like some sort of gruesome mutant.”

From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2016

Short and plump, Agarwal perspires in the late spring heat.

From Forbes ● Jul. 2, 2014

Once inside the train he perspires heavily and takes off his coat.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

The beleaguered bride, in her dress, perspired through her makeup on a warm afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

“I always wore it. No matter how hot it was or how much I perspired, I wore it.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2022

He recalls that Cash, out of his element as an actor, perspired so much out of nervousness that Ron got soaking wet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2021

But I perspired on them so much that the metal inside was totally rusted and started to smell.

From The Verge ● Oct. 15, 2017

His eyelids twitched from lack of sleep, and all day long he perspired like an Arkansas hog.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

They do not sweat like humans – only perspiring a small amount through the pads on their paws, with their often thick fur coats meaning their core temperature can rise quickly in high temperatures.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025

Even with the increased numbers of travelers of late, going on vacation in autumn is like entering a hushed and luxurious train car after having been in a stuffed summer subway pressed against perspiring commuters.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2023

In the interrogation room, he sat quietly and dabbed at his perspiring face with a tissue.

From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2022

For the most part, though, the late-night hosts were less interested in how the interview actually went down and more focused on Trump’s face, which appears to be perspiring throughout Morgan’s teaser.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2022

He’d play a minor chord or two with his left hand and, with a flourish of his right, wipe his perspiring face with an enormous white handkerchief.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García