sweat off

Example Sentences

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“I wish there was a better way,” he said, wiping sweat off his eyebrows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

He rubbed his sore back and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2023

I only weighed myself after exercising, when I had sweat off a pound; the scale had become my judge and jury, and my happiness was entirely prisoner to its results.

From Slate • Oct. 4, 2023

I barked, wiping his sweat off of me.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2022

Aunt Xi-wen gave the door a few more good swipes of paste before she stopped and wiped the sweat off her forehead.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang