clammy

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

“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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2025

Shadow woke with his heart jackhammering in his chest, his forehead clammy, entirely awake.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

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