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
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
All day the clouds hung low over St John's Wood and there was a clamminess in the air.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2011
She remembered the sense of release as the candle burst, the clamminess, Mama’s words.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
