perspire

verb

per·spire pər-ˈspī(-ə)r

perspired; perspiring

intransitive verb

: to emit matter through the skin

specifically : to secrete and emit perspiration

Example Sentences

I was nervous and could feel myself start to perspire. She ran two miles and wasn't even perspiring.

Recent Examples on the Web Weightlifting was for the circus or the effeminate; ladies didn’t perspire, much less sweat. —

Katrina Gulliver, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2023 Because sweat is such a trigger for her, Eliza also gravitates toward workouts that won’t make her perspire a ton, to keep her skin as comfortable as possible. —

Emilia Benton, SELF, 5 Dec. 2022 Humans, Bethea writes, are tailor-made for this pursuit because of legs built from slow-twitch fibers and the ability to perspire. —

The Editors, Outside Online, 28 Jan. 2015 In muggy South Florida, the Spartans expect to perspire until the very end. —

Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2021 Symptoms include fatigue, dizziness, fainting, headache and either profuse sweating or the inability to perspire, system officials said. —

Liz Hardaway, San Antonio Express-News, 16 June 2021 If your feet perspire a lot on the slopes, get a pair of ski socks that will wick moisture away from your skin. —

Outdoor Life, 24 Feb. 2021 Has there ever been another athlete who did not perspire? —

Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2021 By the end of the debate, Kennedy, tanned and relaxed, appeared to have triumphed over a sickly looking Nixon, who had been noticeably perspiring under Mr. Hymes’s lights. —

Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2019 See More

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