clammy
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“In the ‘morning’ the air is thick; it hangs in a clammy, damp mass that you can all but grasp with your hands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
She has found herself with acne or clammy hands, only to realize they are potential side effects when people are on some antidepressants.
From Salon • May 23, 2025
Writing in his column in The Sunday Times, the 64-year-old said he had symptoms of feeling "clammy", a "tightness" in his chest, and "pins and needles" in his left arm after returning from a holiday.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024
According to the CDC, signs of heat exhaustion include heavy sweating; cold, pale and clammy skin; a fast, weak heart pulse; nausea or vomiting; muscle cramps; tiredness or weakness; dizziness; headache; and passing out.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024
The rhetorical questions had a clammy air; the exclamation mark was the first resort of those who shout to make themselves clearer.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing clammy
The Cay
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One Crazy Summer
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And Then There Were None
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