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
Mohamad El Masri, 18, a first-year architecture student, wiped sweat off his face after taking a break from boxing at the youth center, and put it simply: “Who isn’t worried about money at the moment?”
From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2022
Prameela Walikar, a fisherwoman, wipes the sweat off her face and says that she can barely afford to keep her catch fresh in the stifling heat.
From BBC • May 5, 2022
Engel points to the Alps, Greenland, and Alaska, where the winters weren’t long enough to make up for the summer melting; the glaciers are retreating, falling back as they sweat off running water.
From Slate • Dec. 20, 2021
As there was nothing he could do about it, he pulled the sleeve down again and wiped what he thought was sweat off his forehead.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
