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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

This evolutionary gift adds a clammy disquiet to the eye-jacked livestock, which never rests and is constantly evaluating its captors and fellow captives.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 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

"I woke on Wednesday morning not feeling too good. I was clammy and there was a tightness in my chest."

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2024

Slumped by the fire, in the midst of all of that shouting, was Dr. Trefusis, insensate, shivering though near flame, stubble upon his cheeks and chin, his scarce hair still clammy.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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 Conington, John

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

From The Promised Land by Antin, Mary

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 Stockton, Frank Richard