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Meanings of sweats in English

Garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt.

Usage of sweats in English
1
Meanwhile, Baghdad sweats without electricity, often without water, and without a government.
Reuters
2
As Europe sweats through a hot summer, new coronavirus infections are spiking.
Radio NZ
3
She said someone could experience sweats, cramps, and their body would ache.
Radio NZ
4
Could it be a fever dream brought on by the meat sweats?
The Irish Times
5
Ellen wore gray sweats that were baggy in all the wrong places.
Be Careful What You Wish For...
6
And if that means sweats, frozen pizza and reruns of Scandal, cool.
Ebony
7
I'm in sweats, in a locked room, where I retired last night.
A fugitive truth: an emma fielding mystery
8
Figures if he sweats me hard enough I'll cop to burning Cherokee.
Deadly Décisions
9
He blushes, sweats, paces up and down, begins to mistrust his reason.
The Tyranny Of Words
10
Emily looked down at the good-luck Ali sweats she was still wearing.
Ruthless
11
No woman had ever made him break out in cold sweats before.
Dead air
12
RJ: The first item would be an amazing pair of dress sweats.
Ebony
13
Rachel dug her hands into the pockets of her sweats and shrugged.
A fare to remember: just whistle\driven to distraction\taken for...
14
They all powdered themselves with a certain powder, to moderate their sweats.
Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 08
15
I pat my sweats pockets for the Rolaids, but they are empty.
The whore of babylon, a memoir
16
Instead of sweats, he now wore jeans and a red luau shirt.
Cross Bones
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common