clammy

Example Sentences

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“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

This evolutionary gift adds a clammy disquiet to the eye-jacked livestock, which never rests and is constantly evaluating its captors and fellow captives.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2025

Past the double glass doors, Maria Pascual, an employee, sat in front of a computer, her forehead clammy from the warmth.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025

Writing in his column in The Sunday Times, the 64-year-old said he had symptoms of feeling "clammy", a "tightness" in his chest, and "pins and needles" in his left arm after returning from a holiday.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024

His skin grew clammy as his lips tried to form them, and yet again he watched Koffi's circling thumb.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray