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

Those opposing him can only take a clammy kind of pleasure in reminding them that this is what they voted for.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 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

According to the CDC, signs of heat exhaustion include heavy sweating; cold, pale and clammy skin; a fast, weak heart pulse; nausea or vomiting; muscle cramps; tiredness or weakness; dizziness; headache; and passing out.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

The fog filled the open window, damp and clammy, it stung my eyes, it clung to my nostrils, I held on to the window-sill with my hands.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier