clammy

Lucinda Harrison, 24, from London says she often books taxis that turn out to be electric vehicles, and has to endure the trip feeling nauseous, sweaty and clammy.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

You can feel your heart race and your hands get clammy as you experience every kick of the ball.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

The film’s claustrophobic framing, paired with a locked-down camera, quickly creates a clammy unease.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

“In the ‘morning’ the air is thick; it hangs in a clammy, damp mass that you can all but grasp with your hands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

Despite the chill wind, Taran’s forehead was clammy.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

Nothing could be clammier, but, still, you can sense the film slithering toward a dead end.

From The New Yorker ● May 19, 2017

But there's one thing that chills my blood clammier than even the cold weather, and that is the thought of that whale follerin' us.

From The Great Stone of Sardis by Frank Richard Stockton

They put their hands into their pockets, and my hand kept growing clammier all the time.

From The Promised Land by Mary Antin

No books of mine on stall or counter stand, To tempt Tigellius' or some clammier hand, Nor read I save to friends, and that when pressed, Not to chance auditor or casual guest.

From The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry by John Conington