Sentence examples for drop of perspiration from inspiring English sources

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But a drop of perspiration, or an itch in his eye, or whatever it was, well, that required some attention.

But while an August heat wave in New York brought new meaning to the term "triple-digit car testing," the Cayman R was worth every drop of perspiration expelled in its parboiled cabin.

Instead, I found myself focusing on a drop of perspiration on a man's forehead; the freckles on the back of a woman's hand; another man's eyes, weirdly magnified by the thick lenses of his glasses; a woman's red fingernail that was much shorter than her other nails; the sagging breasts of an older woman who was wearing a low-cut gown.

According to Condé Nast Traveler's Kevin Doyle, during his nine days traveling with Hillary, he didn't see her produce a drop of perspiration.

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"She wore no fichu," Flaubert wrote, a fashion choice that revealed "small drops of perspiration on her shoulders".

Almost every aspiring graphic novelist now goes through a Crumb period, and some never entirely outgrow it: the cross-hatched line and bare light bulbs; the big feet, knobby knees, hairy legs and whiskery faces; the big breasts and even bigger behinds; the flying drops of perspiration (and other bodily fluids).

"I know Barça get all the plaudits for their superhuman performances, and JM seems capable of offending every single person he meets, but Real are on track to win La Liga without dropping so much as a bead of perspiration".

There is also, of course, her poetic use of perspiration.

When I started walking, my feet suffered because of perspiration.

A fine sheen of perspiration appeared below his dark eyes.

There were beads of perspiration on his forehead and in the fuzz on his head.

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