insensible perspiration

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Perspiration that evaporates before it is perceived as moisture on the skin.

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He was grabbing my hips and he was pouring with perspiration and he had this cheesy smile.
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I remember people saying it could be transmitted through perspiration.
Matthew McConaughey In ‘Dallas Buyers Club’: From Bongos to Oscar Contender|Marlow Stern|October 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The New Moon insists on persistence and perspiration in equal measure.
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This is a trial in the court of public opinion, to which the elected Manhattan district attorney is not insensible.
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Perspiration is a crucial ingredient, but even a dab of it will do you proud.
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But this time, with all his cunning and perspiration, he could not induce another throb in the tired engines.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
The clock struck ten, and clerks poured in faster than ever, each one in a greater perspiration than his predecessor.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
There lay Bob Rock, covered with blood, and apparently insensible.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The perspiration stands on young Lamb's face; again his cigar goes out.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
When he was gone, Monsieur de Tressan flung off his wig, and mopped the perspiration from his brow.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini