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Meanings of perspiration in English
The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid.
Usage of perspiration in English
1
Just ten steps behind the leader, the young racer gleams with perspiration.
2
A profuse and saving perspiration told him the crisis had been passed.
3
He was shining with perspiration; and he looked the better of it.
4
His face was red; he mopped the perspiration from his bald head.
5
Despite the cool morning, he could not control the flow of perspiration.
6
The violent perspiration began again; he had to put on more wraps.
7
Remember the danger of standing or sitting quietly when in a perspiration.
8
He gets back to his department bathed in perspiration, in level time.
9
The prince was always in a perspiration, and often out of breath.
10
He awoke bathed in perspiration to hear the village clock strike four.
11
The perspiration poured more constantly from his brow now; that was all.
12
In the meantime he was wet through, both with rain and perspiration.
13
My own breath came in sobs, and the perspiration almost blinded me.
14
He laughed sardonically, and the perspiration stood in beads on his brow.
15
And there I would be in a cold perspiration of sorry apprehension.
16
More elaborate models measure heart rate, breathing, skin temperature and even perspiration.
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Translations for perspiration
Portuguese
Perspiration through the time
Perspiration across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common