bathed in sweat
idiom
: covered with sweat : very sweaty
He was bathed in sweat when he finished exercising.
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Just walking down the street was enough to leave one bathed in sweat; running on a soccer pitch for 90 minutes would be suicide.
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Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022
After the royal walkabout, with the family driven off in a motorcade, Ms. Sirinrat’s face is bathed in sweat.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Nov. 2020
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Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022
After the royal walkabout, with the family driven off in a motorcade, Ms. Sirinrat’s face is bathed in sweat.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Nov. 2020
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“Bathed in sweat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bathed%20in%20sweat. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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