clamber up
Example Sentences
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From inside the restaurant, the guys would clamber up to the roof, wait for the “all clear” and then get right back to busing tables, washing dishes and cooking.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2024
Beginning in the 1920s, archaeologists began to clamber up these pyramids in the early mornings and look east, toward the rising Sun over the platform, suspecting the complexes might mark particular solar positions.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 1, 2022
Give these birds a vertical surface to clamber up, and they cycle between left foot, right foot and beak as if their mouths were another limb.
From New York Times • May 17, 2022
Another guard said they were trying to guide the terrified refugees crossing the river to spots along the slippery bank where it was easier to clamber up out of the water.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2017
If I can somehow clamber up on to that shelf, I thought, then I've got it made.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
