Example Sentences

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They have sweated in construction sites in the Middle East and worked as doctors in African hospitals.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2023

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

He wished he could have sweated and panted in the doing of it; and when Henrietta returned alone, walking with an angry swiftness, he felt a genuine regret.

From The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing by Young, E. H. (Emily Hilda)