How to Use cold sweat in a Sentence

cold sweat

noun
  • The patient feels faint and is in a cold sweat.
  • I break out in a cold sweat when I think about asking my boss for a pay raise.
  • Her breathing grew ragged, and cold sweat oozed from her armpits.
    — Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
  • Maybe a sudden break into a cold sweat.
    — Jennifer Shanker, Flow Space, 17 Feb. 2026
  • His body breaks out in a cold sweat and his armpits, now so full of hair, are clammy.
    — Hurmat Kazmi, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The guy in the song is in a cold sweat, but not like James Brown.
    — Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Just as the cold sweat began to break out all over me, some one in front began to pray.
    — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Asking for a raise at work is enough to send anybody into a cold sweat.
    — Johnny C. Taylor, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Austin Butler would wake up in a cold sweat and sick to his stomach.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 22 June 2022
  • Thomas awoke early in the morning in a cold sweat, vomiting on his floor.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2022
  • If the thought of creating a budget sends you into cold sweats, stand in line.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Changes in your menstrual cycle could also cause cold sweats.
    — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Those who have the infection can feel flu-like symptoms of fever, dizziness and cold sweats right away.
    — Justine Griffin Tampa Bay Times (tns), al, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Those who have the infection will feel flu-like symptoms of fever, dizziness and cold sweats right away.
    — Justine Griffin, orlandosentinel.com, 26 July 2019
  • Crack a beer, pour some ice-cold sweat tea, run some more of your homemade mop sauce through the smoke of the grill and listen up.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Or break into a cold sweat if they’re forced to walk past the instant tea display at Publix?
    — Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2017
  • Also known as hypoglycemia, low blood sugar can result in cold sweats.
    — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Just sitting down with the IRS makes some people break out in a cold sweat.
    — John Csiszar, CNBC, 22 May 2026
  • But a number of gyms are taking over rooftops, parks and empty lots to help people build up a cold sweat all winter.
    — Hilary Potkewitz, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2021
  • After all, waking up in a cold sweat after being surrounded by swarms of bugs might just be worse.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 1 June 2020
  • After all, waking up in a cold sweat after being surrounded by swarms of bugs might just be worse.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The men in the hallway eventually left, but Hao was covered in cold sweat.
    — Han Zhang, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • His symptoms initially included cold sweats, body aches, shortness of breath and a dry cough.
    — NBC News, 29 Apr. 2020
  • The thinking is that scary movies help audiences work up a cold sweat, chill off and earn a relief from the intense summer heat.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 7 June 2023
  • Who hasn’t stood in front of a wall of swatches and broken out into a cold sweat, returning to the paint store two, three, even four times?
    — Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Elgort is tormented on the track, waking up in cold sweats, his mind racing with regrets.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Who hasn’t stood in front of a wall of swatches and broken out into a cold sweat, returning to the paint store two, three, even four times?
    — Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
  • There is nothing cathartic or healthful about breaking a cold sweat, and a cold fish is not attractive as entrée or lover.
    — Michelle Weber, Longreads, 19 Dec. 2017
  • She was traumatized, awoke in cold sweats, lost 30 pounds, and considered suicide.
    — Mona Charen, National Review, 15 Sep. 2017
  • FlyOver won’t leave you in a cold sweat with a thumping heartbeat the way riding on the roof of a gondola might.
    — Rosemary McClure, latimes.com, 7 July 2019

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