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clammy

[klam-ee] / ˈklæm i /


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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 shame is embedded into Western culture, says Ms Everts, who has long suffered embarrassment about her own clammy skin.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 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

It was weird to be there, in that clammy dark bar in Vermont, and watching them play.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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