sweat
verb (used without object)
to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
am sweating
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present progressiveof sweat (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am sweating up one such section, suspended hundreds of feet above the forest by a three-finger grip and half a foothold, Jeremy 15 feet above me, when a hornet divebombs my face.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 11, 2020
"I have terrible dreams, really bad ones when I am sweating in my sleep. I mean sweat where my pillow is saturated."
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2014
“I am sweating through my Burberry shirt,” he reports on his immensely popular Vlogbrothers channel on YouTube, “which is only increasing my already sizable anxiety.”
From Time ● Jun. 9, 2014
I am sweating and breathing heavy when I am done with a run, yet I can ride my moto bike out of gas on the track and not get as tired.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the end of rehearsal, I am sweating in places that I didn’t know could sweat.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
