perspire
verb (used without object)
to secrete a salty, watery fluid from the sweat glands of the skin, especially when very warm as a result of strenuous exertion; sweat.
perspiringly
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a word derived from
perspire.
Example Sentences
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At any rate, a callow Hurst was more of a wow than the perspiring carthorse the formation yoked him to, perspiringly diligent Roger Hunt.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2013
Composer Michael Tippett wrote a special Fanfare for the occasion, which was considered most impressive when perspiringly played in the church's gallery by -the Northamptonshire Regimental Band.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was pinched perspiringly in the epistemological dilemma of the skeptic, unable to accept solutions to problems he was unwilling to dismiss as unsolvable.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
The rowers seemed to be perspiringly aware that the boat was vast and beamy.
From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold
People pushed perspiringly for the shady side of the street, puffed and panted under pillar and portico.
From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 2, February, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.
