I was nervous and could feel myself start to perspire. She ran two miles and wasn't even perspiring.
Recent Examples on the WebHumans, 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 Basically, a dormant woody tree or shrub sitting out in the cold of winter doesn’t perspire. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 31 Jan. 2020 Melted into a blanket of perspiring nuttiness, splashed with a sea of dressing that spills out the sandwich’s sides. Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
French perspirer, from Middle French, from Latin per- through + spirare to blow, breathe — more at per-
ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤heavily, profusely大量出汗;大汗淋漓◇He had been working hard and was perspiring profusely.他一直在努力幹活兒,身上大汗淋漓。➤freely止不住地出汗➤excessively出汗過多▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/稍微出汗PREPOSITION➤with由於⋯而出汗◇She was perspiring a little with the heat.她熱得微微出了點兒汗。