How to Use perspiration in a Sentence

perspiration

noun
  • She wiped the perspiration from her forehead.
  • In a pinch, use it along your back or thighs to keep perspiration at bay.
    — Leah Chernikoff, Redbook, 12 June 2014
  • The smell of perspiration is holy, the sky couldn’t be more blue.
    — Jennifer Grotz, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022
  • On hot days, the body can lose large amounts of water through perspiration.
    — J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 July 2018
  • On hot days, your body can lose large amounts of water through perspiration.
    — Pomerado News, 6 July 2018
  • Here's a way to give your drinks their own perspiration system.
    — Rob Goodier, Popular Mechanics, 15 Mar. 2017
  • Here's a way to give your drinks their own perspiration system.
    — Rob Goodier, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2017
  • Your boots might keep the water out, but your feet will get just as soaked from perspiration.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The ideal way to begin the day or wash away perspiration that has been earned.
    — Emerald Elitou, Essence, 11 Aug. 2022
  • As the debate wore on, perspiration formed on his face and upper lip.
    — Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2020
  • No one likes the feeling of their beach balls being soaked in perspiration.
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 13 July 2020
  • Suddenly, all that perspiration starts to pool in your pits or slide down the back of your neck.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 3 July 2024
  • Cady said that water loss from perspiration means that your body needs more water to stay healthy.
    — Allie Kelly, Dallas News, 12 July 2023
  • Are there any other symptoms to look out for that don't involve perspiration?
    — Rebecca Dancer, Allure, 29 June 2022
  • By then, Aiken's skin had prickled pink, a thin veil of perspiration coating his whole body.
    — Allison Glock, Esquire, 1 Nov. 2014
  • 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
  • Police walked into the basement and found the man lying on the floor, his shirt soaked with perspiration.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Skip the backpack—anything too close to your body will trap perspiration—and add a bike basket instead.
    — Todd Plummer, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2020
  • This steady stream of passive perspiration keeps the system running even when the user is still.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Because synthetic fibers wick away perspiration with body soil and odors, they should be washed more often.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Bass told Heilpern of her shock at seeing the perspiration and breathlessness of dancers up close.
    — Ian Malone, Vogue, 11 May 2022
  • 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
  • When perspiration and bacteria get trapped in the pores and cause infection due to tight or sweaty clothing.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 21 Mar. 2017
  • The air that’s pushed down helps your body remove excess heat and aids in evaporating perspiration.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • These workouts will also be the cause of plenty of perspiration, so do keep up the social distancing.
    — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2020
  • 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
  • At the other end of the spectrum is cotton, which won't serve you well if your socks get wet from either outside moisture or perspiration.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 19 Sep. 2019

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