sweat

Example Sentences

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As someone who wakes up in a cold sweat every night, terrified by the looming possibility that “The Devil Wears Prada 2” may be awful, trust me: Sometimes it’s better to leave well enough alone.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

He’s both movie-star hunky and action-star engrossing, flitting between these two deceptively binary ends without breaking a sweat.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

In concert, she’s powerful, hardly a princess of perfection but gorgeously garish, a fun and funny powerhouse provocateur, dripping in costumes, onstage audience members and sweat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

“Patients with major depression don’t sweat very much,” he notes, adding that many show an elevated resting body temperature.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

He has seen me coming; he takes his cap off his head, wipes the sweat from his brow, and then waits for me to cross the train yard, picking my way over the railroad ties.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse