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clammy

[klam-ee] / ˈklæm i /


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On a clammy late-summer morning in September 2010, full of dread and anxiety, I trudged toward Tabla, rehearsing the message I’d soon deliver.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

It’s a good way not to think about the inevitability of the clouds and cold returning, and to enjoy hummingbirds and other winged neighbors up close instead of through a clammy windowpane.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 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

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

My skin goes clammy; I’m fuming and shocked at the same time, and I can’t isolate one feeling from the other.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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

From The New Yorker ● May 19, 2017

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

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


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