PERSPIRATION


Meaning of PERSPIRATION in English

noun

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

beaded with sweat/perspiration

As the show progressed, Sandi could see that the dancers' faces were becoming beaded with sweat.

He is lightly beaded with sweat.

He was standing, his head sunk between his shoulders, his red face beaded with sweat.

My forehead was beaded with sweat.

She looked green; her forehead was beaded with sweat.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a deodorant that protects against perspiration all day long

Beads of perspiration trickled down my back.

To keep your body cool, wear cotton clothing that absorbs perspiration .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Eliza took her handkerchief out of her sleeve and pressed it lightly against her forehead to absorb the perspiration .

His face was wet with perspiration , and there was fear on that face.

Isaac swabbed perspiration from above his haunted eyes with a rag he kept handy for cleaning the windshield.

Often the perspiration is confined to the upper part of the body.

The fair white flesh was gorged with concupiscence and glistening with perspiration .

The stewardess came down the aisle, a big-breasted young woman exuding a strong odour of perspiration .

There may be perspiration with it.

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