- present participle of sweat.
sweating
Example Sentences
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“These are football-playing jocks sweating their brains out at camp, but every time I saw them they wanted to B.S. and play canasta,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Besides water, much needed for the hours spent sweating in the swelter, his firetruck is chock-a-chocolate block with gifts of cakes, fruit compotes and other kind offerings.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Rheon said make-up artists used heavy moisturiser to portray characters sweating - with the actual weather conditions "changeable" at best - as they filmed the BBC portrayal of Liz Jensen's bestselling novel.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
But sweating in the sun to watch a band like the Spits, another Mosswood favorite, was worth pre-planning to get into the pit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The knock comes three more times, and I’m sweating before I hear the telltale creak of a board that means someone has just set foot on the second stair.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
