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Other signs may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.
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Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Debilitating withdrawal symptoms followed: hot flashes, cold sweats, restless legs, the shakes and teeth grinding.
—Christina Caron, New York Times, 14 May 2025
My other symptoms included fatigue, shortness of breath, hot and cold sweats, muscle and skin pain, and itchiness down to my bones.
—Raelle Kennedy, Health, 29 Apr. 2025
Who hasn’t stood in front of a wall of swatches and broken out into a cold sweat, returning to the paint store two, three, even four times?
—Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025
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Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Debilitating withdrawal symptoms followed: hot flashes, cold sweats, restless legs, the shakes and teeth grinding.
—Christina Caron, New York Times, 14 May 2025
My other symptoms included fatigue, shortness of breath, hot and cold sweats, muscle and skin pain, and itchiness down to my bones.
—Raelle Kennedy, Health, 29 Apr. 2025
Who hasn’t stood in front of a wall of swatches and broken out into a cold sweat, returning to the paint store two, three, even four times?
—Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cold sweat
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