perspire
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Your nose will perspire and you will feel compelled to touch it.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024
When you perspire, the sweat on your skin can pull heat from your body as it evaporates.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2023
And he said, ‘Coach, quarterbacks don’t sweat. Quarterbacks perspire.’
From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2022
That perhaps does hint that summer’s sultry grip on our imaginations and our propensity to perspire may be on the wane.
From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022
I was extremely tense and began to perspire.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing perspire
"Marionettes, Inc." by Ray Bradbury
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