Sweating
['swetɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sweat
(-) a. & n. from Sweat, v.
Editor: Patrick
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Exudation, SWEAT.
Checked by Barlow
Examples
- He turned his head, sweating, and looked down the slope, then back toward where the girl was in the saddle with Pilar by her and Pablo just behind. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He got onto his elbows, stretched the left leg well behind him with both hands and a far, sweating, push with the right foot and there he was. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And, while he lay sweating with terror, he knew not when or how, the thing was gone. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He knew there was a great hurry and he was sweating very much, but this had to be said and understood. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Both man and horse were sweating with violence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He was sweating heavily now and it was cool under the bridge. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He wore a corporal's stripes on his sleeves and was sweating very much although the early morning was still cool. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Sweating, slums, the sense of semi-slavery in labour, must go. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I've been shivering and sweating, ever since! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In the nineteenth century church, press and university devoted no inconsiderable part of their time to proving the high moral and scientific justice of child labor and human sweating. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There must have been many people sweating the big drop this morning when those passed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The big gray was sweating and shivering a little and Robert Jordan patted him on the withers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He looked at her and he was sweating heavily and he spoke now, trying harder to do something than he had ever tried in all his life. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The men were hot and sweating. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- His face was sweating and he grunted. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Typist: Tim