Examples of flop sweat in a Sentence
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Patten, as Suzanna, captures the flop sweat of a woman falling, bit by bit, below her own moral standards.
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Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2026
Weirdly brassy dye job aside, Clarke is impressively natural as Alex’s easy smiles and superficial charm give way to flop sweat and nervous tics.
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Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
And arriving at the studio the next day to tape the show was terrifying, largely manifesting as flop sweat.
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Dan Shanoff,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2026
Weirdly brassy dye job aside, Clarke is impressively natural as Alex’s easy smiles and superficial charm give way to flop sweat and nervous tics.
—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
And arriving at the studio the next day to tape the show was terrifying, largely manifesting as flop sweat.
—
Dan Shanoff,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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“Flop sweat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flop%20sweat. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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