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
Miss Moynihan, on her very first day, discovered, perspiringly, that you must never mention the Gazette’s rival, the Internal Combustion News.
From The Job An American Novel by Sinclair Lewis
But he stopped at the top of the stage and came down again when he saw Bordenave perspiringly resuming his seat.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Émile Zola
