clammy

You can feel your heart race and your hands get clammy as you experience every kick of the ball.

From BBC ● Jun. 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 film’s claustrophobic framing, paired with a locked-down camera, quickly creates a clammy unease.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

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

Later, I felt clammy in the house, so I took myself for a walk.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

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

From The New Yorker ● May 19, 2017

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

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