Example Sentences

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And ideally you should apply it about every two hours, especially if you have been sweating a lot or swimming.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

Republican Ronald Livingston, 70, of Clute, Texas, said he’s not sure if human activity is causing climate change, “but I know something is going on because we have been sweating our butts off.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2023

Anderson might not have been sweating it out this week had the Broncos stuck to the run earlier in the season.

From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2017

I should have been sweating bullets and feeling anxious and exhilarated, as I had while riding coasters all day with my friends at Cedar Point.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2015

We are complicit; we have been sweating and flinching right along with the hysteria-steeped characters before us.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2014