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
With the referee almost extending his arms to call off the contest, the corner anxiously told him to use it to wipe sweat off the canvas.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024
He rubbed his sore back and wiped the sweat off his forehead.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2023
Wiping sweat off her forehead, she used her damp wrist to clean the ash off the drone’s tiny readout screen, exposing a string of garbled numbers and letters.
From Slate • Jul. 30, 2022
He took off his helmet and wiped the sweat off his nearly bald head with his sleeve.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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