How to Use perspiration in a Sentence

perspiration

noun

• She wiped the perspiration from her forehead.
• The smell of perspiration is holy, the sky couldn’t be more blue.
  — Jennifer Grotz, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022
• In a pinch, use it along your back or thighs to keep perspiration at bay.
  — Leah Chernikoff, Redbook, 12 June 2014
• The ideal way to begin the day or wash away perspiration that has been earned.
  — Emerald Elitou, Essence, 11 Aug. 2022
• Or the South of France, perhaps aboard a yacht, watching the beads of perspiration on my rosé trickle down the glass.
  — Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2023
• On hot days, the body can lose large amounts of water through perspiration.
  — J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 July 2018
• Your boots might keep the water out, but your feet will get just as soaked from perspiration.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 26 Aug. 2019
• No one likes the feeling of their beach balls being soaked in perspiration.
  — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 13 July 2020
• As the debate wore on, perspiration formed on his face and upper lip.
  — Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2020
• Here's a way to give your drinks their own perspiration system.
  — Rob Goodier, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2017
• Here's a way to give your drinks their own perspiration system.
  — Rob Goodier, Popular Mechanics, 15 Mar. 2017
• Police walked into the basement and found the man lying on the floor, his shirt soaked with perspiration.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 9 Apr. 2021
• On hot days, your body can lose large amounts of water through perspiration.
  — Pomerado News, 6 July 2018
• Bass told Heilpern of her shock at seeing the perspiration and breathlessness of dancers up close.
  — Ian Malone, Vogue, 11 May 2022
• In the winter that seat is close enough to the radiator to remain warm, and yet not so close as to cause perspiration.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2017
• All of that is to say this: The guy literally pays in perspiration to make sure fans get their money’s worth.
  — Théoden Janes, charlotteobserver, 12 May 2018
• The shield was getting fogged up from my breathing and perspiration ...
  — Summer Cartwright, PEOPLE.com, 24 June 2020
• Fear triggers sweat, too — and once in the lab, Maa and his colleagues showed people who didn’t have seizures the same film and took samples of their perspiration.
  — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2021
• Cady said that water loss from perspiration means that your body needs more water to stay healthy.
  — Allie Kelly, Dallas News, 12 July 2023
• By then, Aiken's skin had prickled pink, a thin veil of perspiration coating his whole body.
  — Allison Glock, Esquire, 1 Nov. 2014
• But some types of sweat pose more of a problem than others—like vagina sweat, or perspiration from the glands of your vulva and groin area.
  — Jessica Migala, Health.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• They’re described as sudden feelings of warmth in the upper body to the point of perspiration, often most intense over the face, neck and chest.
  — Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• Jansen, who was covered in perspiration, had allowed as many as three hits in a game only twice since April.
  — Bruce Schoenfeld, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2017
• There was even kneecap perspiration and my barber will surely fire me over the debacle of my sweaty hair.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2022
• Skip the backpack—anything too close to your body will trap perspiration—and add a bike basket instead.
  — Todd Plummer, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2020
• The Palestra was packed, the temperature was hot and the Catholic League semifinal’s late-game action was worth all the pennies and perspiration.
  — Aaron Carter, Philly.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• Good liner socks wick perspiration to the next outer layer of your clothing system and away from the surface of your skin.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 20 Sep. 2019
• The same principle is applied to the human body and perspiration.
  — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2023
• The keeps perspiration from reaching the skin’s surface to combine with bacteria and cause odor.
  — Sara Novak, Scientific American, 10 June 2024
• And this means their bodies don’t release the same acidic odor smell the rest of the population does when exposed to hot temperatures and perspiration.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 21 June 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024