perspire
verb (used without object)
to secrete a salty, watery fluid from the sweat glands of the skin, especially when very warm as a result of strenuous exertion; sweat.
had perspired
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past perfectof perspire.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had been working until he had perspired; but, looking into the glass at Mr. Lamb's rigid back, he perceived that the work was well done.
From Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford by George Randolph Chester
At noon it had been very hot, but none of the boys had complained, although they had perspired freely.
From Dave Porter in the Gold Fields or, The Search for the Landslide Mine by Walter S. Rogers
Van had perspired in nervous tension, as the two women rode above the chasm.
From The Furnace of Gold by J. N. Marchand
When they had perspired sufficiently they came out and sat down in silence until they were again ready to submit themselves to the heat.
From The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 by Washington Matthews
Then I endeavored to recollect by what steps the Fiend had led me hither unshot, but in my agony I had perspired the whole of it, and could remember nothing.
From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul
