clammy

Example Sentences

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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

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

"I woke on Wednesday morning not feeling too good. I was clammy and there was a tightness in my chest."

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024

Palms clammy and heart beating in my ears, I tiptoe to the kitchen.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed