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Recent Examples of cold sweat
Maybe a sudden break into a cold sweat.
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Jennifer Shanker, Flow Space, 17 Feb. 2026
Other signs may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Jan. 2026
Faceless YouTube Channels Being on camera makes a lot of people break into a cold sweat.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
As in heart racing, breaking out in a cold sweat, and having to self-medicate with a large Dairy Queen chocolate dipped ice cream cone scary.
—Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025
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Jennifer Shanker, Flow Space, 17 Feb. 2026
Other signs may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Jan. 2026
Faceless YouTube Channels Being on camera makes a lot of people break into a cold sweat.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
As in heart racing, breaking out in a cold sweat, and having to self-medicate with a large Dairy Queen chocolate dipped ice cream cone scary.
—Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cold sweat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold sweat
Noun
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Photos from the area showed cars slowly traveling through the floodwaters as water rises and creeps onto sidewalks in the area.—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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That tight feeling that creeps in around Sunday afternoon — the one that turns a good weekend into a bracing countdown — has a name, and therapists say your Sunday schedule plays a bigger role in it than most people realize.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2026
Noun
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The same goes for people with a condition called gastroparesis, which affects stomach nerves and muscles, and those susceptible to medullary thyroid cancer.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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The NeuroMD devices are based on what the company refers to as Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) technology, which targets both motor nerves and sensory nerves.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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“Cold sweat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20sweat. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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