adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
face
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It was a big fat sweaty face .
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She sits down and blots her sweaty face with a clean towel.
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None of the regulars batted an eyelid, but the sweaty faces of the dance-crazy Glaswegians fell. 2.30?
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A grin was forming on my sweaty face .
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High above she saw Mr Yeltsin in an undershirt, muscles bulging, and a mischievous grin on his sweaty face .
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It was almost as if he needed grass all over his sweaty face before he could play in the outfield.
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My opponent drew off his mask and I gazed into the red, sweaty face of the king.
palm
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We stood in the customs queue, grasping passports in sweaty palms .
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The usherette was untrained in spotting sweaty palms .
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My two chips were ready in my sweaty palm .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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sweaty clothes
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a sweaty can of beer
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He was a short fat guy with big sweaty hands.
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I'm all hot and sweaty . I think I'll take a shower.
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The equipment manager collected the sweaty uniforms and took them down to the hotel laundry.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A man in a sweaty shirt was having a beer while keeping an eye on a dolly of furniture outside.
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Domroes furrowed his sweaty brows, closed his eyes and began praying harder.
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So return with us to that steamy, sweaty shanty in Old Boston Town.
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There was wine on the sleeve, and it was a mass of sweaty creases.
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They had been handed over counters, crumpled, made greasy by hundreds of sweaty hands.
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With eel in her hand, the baby at her feet, Sethe dozed, dry-mouthed and sweaty .