clamminess

Example Sentences

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Ashley’s staging follows suit, going for grandeur but, in its haste, reaching only the clamminess of farce.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2021

It’s a song that tends to register via alternate senses, a clamminess on the nape of your neck or a cloying taste, like children’s cough syrup, in the back of your mouth.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2016

Other signs of rupture include dizziness, sweating, clamminess, nausea or vomiting, fast pulse, shortness of breath and loss of consciousness.

From US News • Nov. 19, 2014

He uses the small space to emphasise the play's hectic clamminess.

From The Guardian • Dec. 5, 2010

She remembered the sense of release as the candle burst, the clamminess, Mama’s words.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray