Example Sentences

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RFK had sweated through a teal t-shirt, which he had tucked into blue jeans.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2025

“I feel like I could have stayed in there for a little bit longer,” she said later, after weighing in to discover she had sweated off nearly 1 kilogram.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 27, 2023

He noted the current union health care contracts that workers had "sweated and toiled and fought over for decades."

From Fox News • Jul. 31, 2019

It was a particularly hot summer day, during which we had sweated a lot and poured cold water over our heads to cool off. 

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2016

That man had sweated for his God day an' night for fifty years.

From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden