PERSPIRATION in a Sentence

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101 example sentences for PERSPIRATION, such as:

1. The first thing he noticed was that he was perspiring.
2. Great beads of perspiration trickled down his forehead.
3. A cold perspiration burst from every pore, and his hair stood on end.
4. The perspiration poured forth upon the young man's brow, and he felt as if he should faint.
5. Morrel sighed deeply, and passed his hand over his forehead, which was covered with perspiration.

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 Meanings and Examples of PERSPIRATION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
perspiration
 n.  process of the sweat glands of skin secreting a salty fluid
Classic Sentence: (95 in 7 pages)
1  They poured out the liquor, and made the most friendly gesticulations; while a cold perspiration trickled down the back of the poor Councillor.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
2  When she had unrolled it, strange characters were to be seen written thereon; and the Finland woman read at such a rate that the perspiration trickled down her forehead.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SNOW QUEEN
3  Fernand wiped away the perspiration steaming from his brow, and slowly entered the arbor, whose shade seemed to restore somewhat of calmness to his senses, and whose coolness somewhat of refreshment to his exhausted body.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3. The Catalans.
4  The bride blushed, while Fernand, restless and uneasy, seemed to start at every fresh sound, and from time to time wiped away the large drops of perspiration that gathered on his brow.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast.
5  Villefort fell back on his chair, passed his hand over his brow, moist with perspiration, and, for the third time, read the letter.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7. The Examination.
6  Large drops of perspiration were now standing on his brow, while the garments that hung about him were so ragged that one could only guess at the pattern upon which they had originally been fashioned.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16. A Learned Italian.
7  Dantes hastened to his dungeon, where he found him standing in the middle of the room, pale as death, his forehead streaming with perspiration, and his hands clinched tightly together.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber.
8  Trembling, his hair erect, his brow bathed with perspiration, he counted the seconds by the beating of his heart.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19. The Third Attack.
9  The perspiration poured forth upon the young man's brow, and he felt as if he should faint.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19. The Third Attack.
10  His hand placed upon his heart was unable to redress its throbbings, while, with the other he wiped the perspiration from his temples.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20. The Cemetery of the Chateau D'If.
11  The pickaxe struck for a moment with a dull sound that drew out of Dantes' forehead large drops of perspiration.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave.
12  Recovering himself, however, he wiped the perspiration from his brows, and stopped not again till he found himself at the door of the house in which his father had lived.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25. The Unknown.
13  The agitation of Caderousse became extreme, and large drops of perspiration rolled from his heated brow.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26. The Pont du Gard Inn.
14  Morrel sighed deeply, and passed his hand over his forehead, which was covered with perspiration.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son.
15  A cold perspiration burst from every pore, and his hair stood on end.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
Example Sentence:
1  Read below for information on some hygiene basics and learn how to deal with greasy hair, perspiration, and body hair.
2  If your jogging clothes weren't made out of permeable fabric, you'd drown in your own perspiration.
3  She found three things essential for success in weight loss: diet, exercise, and perspiration.
4  Great beads of perspiration trickled down his forehead.
5  The first thing he noticed was that he was perspiring.
6  We perspire to keep the temperature of our internal thermostat set to an average, normal temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.