[
US
/pɝˈspaɪɹ/
]
[ UK /pəspˈaɪə/ ]
[ UK /pəspˈaɪə/ ]
VERB
-
excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
Exercise makes one sweat
How To Use perspire In A Sentence
- His round face perspired freely, his chin to his chest as he stared at his feet. Much Ado About Marriage
- People considered it as an honor to pay strength and perspire for it.
- Beads of moisture perspired through the porous walls of the clay jug.
- In fact, I am not really a big perspirer in general. Hats Off to Single Parents
- But for athletes and others who are likely to perspire heavily, excessive consumption of caffeine could lead to dehydration.
- All the world knows how much he has talked upon this particular topic; how he has itinerated on its behalf; how he has perspired under its business. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.
- A perspirer (over sixty) who was keeping up his tennises panted he kne ho har twa to clect infamatios but a diffpair flannels climb wall and trespassing on doorbell. Finnegans Wake
- Ladies don't sweat or perspire, even after an exhausting day of brunch, tennis, afternoon tea, supper and bridge.
- She was so pale and perspired as though she had a fever.
- The inability to perspire brought on by medications such as diuretics, sedatives, tranquilizers, and certain heart and blood pressure drugs. Keep your cool, avoid heat-related illnesses