clammy

Lucinda Harrison, 24, from London says she often books taxis that turn out to be electric vehicles, and has to endure the trip feeling nauseous, sweaty and clammy.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The frenzied scenes around this clammy building eventually abated, only for Faye Rogers to spark more bedlam with a rampant gold in the 200m individual medley SM10.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 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

At the least, Friday’s high-scoring, history-making 4-1 victory over Paraguay should deliver a momentary respite from the clammy tension that hovers over the men’s national team at this ever-controversial, freshly-premiered 2026 North American World Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

The fog filled the open window, damp and clammy, it stung my eyes, it clung to my nostrils, I held on to the window-sill with my hands.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

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

From The New Yorker ● May 19, 2017

They put their hands into their pockets, and my hand kept growing clammier all the time.

From The Promised Land by Mary Antin

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