sweat
verb (used without object)
to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
have sweated
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present perfectof sweat.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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For three pandemic years, people with runny noses and fevers have sweated out a tough question: “Is this COVID, which has killed more than a million Americans, or is it a more familiar flu?”
From Scientific American ● Mar. 15, 2023
I might have sweated through it if not for that jersey underneath, because my heart was pounding as Ron and I stepped into a line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
There really is no other museum like the City Museum, and its name is spoken with reverence by all who have sweated here.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 13, 2018
In fact, they’re around 35 years old, according to Wheelock, and lots of astronauts have sweated in them.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 5, 2015
The tennis match seemed to have sweated the megrims out of him.
From The Secret of Lonesome Cove by Samuel Hopkins Adams
