flop sweat

Definition of flop sweat

: nervous sweat (as of a performer) caused especially by the fear of failing

Examples of flop sweat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Pool parties reek of sunscreen, alcohol and the flop sweat of anxiety. — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, "Pool parties are soul-crushing spectacles of half-naked strangers posing next to an artificial swamp," 5 Aug. 2019 The political flop sweat that Trump was trying to mop up on Monday is a sure small sign of the coming deluge. — Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker, "Why Donald Trump Suddenly Decided to Talk About the Environment," 9 July 2019 B&B’s brisket walked the occasional line between hard-core smoked beef with a stegosaurus ridge of crunchy bark and wilted roast beef with the flop sweats. — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, "Review: B&B Smokehouse sets a solid barbecue table on San Antonio’s South Side," 13 June 2019 The flop sweat had already created a receptive environment for park detritus, thus ending any chance of salvaging my work shirt. — Nestor Ramos, BostonGlobe.com, "Hassled by hound, blasted by leafblower: One man’s sweaty bike share adventure," 22 June 2018 No punchline follows for Judd Apatow, just the chance to reconnect with a youthful dream of excelling at one of entertainment’s riskiest ventures: Revealing yourself to an audience and praying for laughs, not flop sweat. — Washington Post, "No joke: ‘Trainwreck’ filmmaker wants to be top banana," 11 Dec. 2017

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“Flop sweat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flop%20sweat. Accessed 11 Jul. 2020.

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