sweat off
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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“I wish there was a better way,” he said, wiping sweat off his eyebrows.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
Without gravity pulling sweat off the body, the astronauts get covered in a coating of sweat - "way more than on Earth", she says.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024
He rubbed his sore back and wiped the sweat off his forehead.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2023
Engel points to the Alps, Greenland, and Alaska, where the winters weren’t long enough to make up for the summer melting; the glaciers are retreating, falling back as they sweat off running water.
From Slate • Dec. 20, 2021
Philbert, too, was wiping sweat off his brow.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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