clamminess
Example Sentences
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“Sometimes you just kind of have to power through the clamminess and the shakes and the racing heart,” said Matt Schulz, the chief consumer-finance analyst at LendingTree, who wrote a book on the topic.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
In the mill proper, the air had a tropical clamminess; the dominant olfactory note was of broken-down cardboard left out in the rain.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
They might only be exposed to the worst of the rest of us, inquisitiveness through a long-lens, clamminess up close.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2015
Other signs of rupture include dizziness, sweating, clamminess, nausea or vomiting, fast pulse, shortness of breath and loss of consciousness.
From US News ● Nov. 19, 2014
I rub my free hand against my jeans, trying stupidly to wipe away the clamminess and fear.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
