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

Symptoms of heat exhaustion include clammy skin, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, fainting and muscle cramps.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 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

Then, from Germany, the clammy nail-biter “The Teachers’ Lounge.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024

I place one clammy palm against the grain of the door and push.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed