How to Use cold sweat in a Sentence

cold sweat

noun
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  • The patient feels faint and is in a cold sweat.
  • I break out in a cold sweat when I think about asking my boss for a pay raise.
  • This is the critical question that motivates hours of Pinterest perusing (and probably triggers cold sweats in the process).
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The guy in the song is in a cold sweat, but not like James Brown.
    — Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2021
  • His body breaks out in a cold sweat and his armpits, now so full of hair, are clammy.
    — Hurmat Kazmi, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Austin Butler would wake up in a cold sweat and sick to his stomach.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 22 June 2022
  • Just as the cold sweat began to break out all over me, some one in front began to pray.
    — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Crack a beer, pour some ice-cold sweat tea, run some more of your homemade mop sauce through the smoke of the grill and listen up.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Also complains of shortness of breath and a cold sweat.
    — Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2015
  • Asking for a raise at work is enough to send anybody into a cold sweat.
    — Johnny C. Taylor, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Thomas awoke early in the morning in a cold sweat, vomiting on his floor.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2022
  • Those who have the infection will feel flu-like symptoms of fever, dizziness and cold sweats right away.
    — Justine Griffin, sun-sentinel.com, 26 July 2019
  • Or break into a cold sweat if they’re forced to walk past the instant tea display at Publix?
    — Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2017
  • The men in the hallway eventually left, but Hao was covered in cold sweat.
    — Han Zhang, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • FlyOver won’t leave you in a cold sweat with a thumping heartbeat the way riding on the roof of a gondola might.
    — Rosemary McClure, latimes.com, 7 July 2019
  • While on vacation in Hawaii with his family in 2011, Tony Fadell woke up in a cold sweat.
    — Joanna Stern, WSJ, 1 July 2022
  • After the Browns defensive line brought terror, Burrow will likely wake up in a cold sweat in the weeks to come.
    — Irie Harris, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
  • This choke point can put commuters into a cold sweat of dashboard-pounding rage.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2018
  • But a number of gyms are taking over rooftops, parks and empty lots to help people build up a cold sweat all winter.
    — Hilary Potkewitz, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2021
  • Throughout the ’60s and early-’70s, there wasn’t a single hotel manager in the world who didn’t break into a cold sweat at the slightest mention of The Who.
    — Phil Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 4 Nov. 2019
  • The thinking is that scary movies help audiences work up a cold sweat, chill off and earn a relief from the intense summer heat.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 7 June 2023
  • After all, waking up in a cold sweat after being surrounded by swarms of bugs might just be worse.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Changes in your menstrual cycle could also cause cold sweats.
    — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
  • She was traumatized, awoke in cold sweats, lost 30 pounds, and considered suicide.
    — Mona Charen, National Review, 15 Sep. 2017
  • His symptoms initially included cold sweats, body aches, shortness of breath and a dry cough.
    — NBC News, 29 Apr. 2020
  • There is nothing cathartic or healthful about breaking a cold sweat, and a cold fish is not attractive as entrée or lover.
    — Michelle Weber, Longreads, 19 Dec. 2017
  • That loss had already woken him up hours later in a cold sweat, brought on by the memory of Yoan Moncada’s monster home run off Shane Greene to tie the game in the bottom of the 10th.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2019
  • Elgort is tormented on the track, waking up in cold sweats, his mind racing with regrets.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2018
  • The freedom to roam in your home, transport bikes and other gear easily, change plans quickly and park without breaking into a cold sweat.
    — Alex Pulaski, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
  • Lightheadedness and breaking out in a cold sweat are also potential symptoms, the AHA says.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 14 Feb. 2020

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