Example Sentences
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The beleaguered bride, in her dress, perspired through her makeup on a warm afternoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
He recalls that Cash, out of his element as an actor, perspired so much out of nervousness that Ron got soaking wet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
But I perspired on them so much that the metal inside was totally rusted and started to smell.
From The Verge ● Oct. 15, 2017
“I always perspired because I was nervous. I used to get soaking wet. I’d go through tuxes.”
From Washington Post ● May 24, 2016
She never perspired, never scratched herself, and always kept her faint scent of lavender and lemon.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
