[
US
/ˈkɫæmi/
]
[ UK /klˈæmi/ ]
[ UK /klˈæmi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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unpleasantly cool and humid
a clammy handshake
a dank cellar
clammy weather
dank rain forests
How To Use clammy In A Sentence
- The first was that, though the sea was indeed rough, there was little rain, and the air lacked the clammy humidity of a thunderstorm.
- The words, the thoughts, came fully formed into his mind through a kind of clammy telepathy. The Day of the Dissonance
- By 52 you'll be begging for the clammy grip of death. The Sun
- He broke out in a cold sweat, feeling the trickles of perspiration run down his clammy face.
- The damp, clammy fabric clung to my legs. Times, Sunday Times
- Shock victims often have a weak pulse, pale and clammy skin, and breathe with difficulty.
- My palms started to feel clammy as beads of sweat collected on my forehead.
- I looked up trying to hear the message, I felt a cold, clammy hand touch my cheek.
- I went clammy, cursing myself for not having escaped sooner. THE TARTAN RINGERS
- The air was pale and clammy, chilling them so that they all got out their thick cloaks, and huddled in them.