Synonyms

sweats

British

/ swɛts /

plural noun

sweatshirts and sweat-suit trousers

jeans and sweats

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Example Sentences

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Once they’re around the corner and out of sight, I go up to the treehouse, where the T-shirt and sweats I lent Jonah are in the corner, neatly folded and smelling like his laundry detergent.

From Literature

She said the patches helped relieve musculoskeletal and joint pain, night sweats, and brain fog.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her symptoms, which included unexplained weight loss, night sweats and vomiting, escalated.

From BBC

Good luck getting people to give up their sweats.

From The Wall Street Journal

Of course, I wake up in cold sweats some nights thinking exactly that.

From The Wall Street Journal

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