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clammy

adjective as in damp

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Example Sentences

The thick fish smell wafted through the soupy air, and my skin went clammy.

Beads of sweat now covered his forehead, and his arms and legs were clammy.

We do not need to revisit the clammy atelier of science class.

Lately, beneath the lights, Abramovic looks clammy and bloodless.

Until the threshold of 270 was crossed, the stillness of the clammy night continued to hang over the city.

She had come close to the trembling old man, and put one of her hands on his cold, clammy one.

Then, with a clammy shudder, young Warlow thought of the agony and speedy death that was certain to follow.

But, as the clammy leaves swept upon his face, there was a loud, vibrating report.

It started out with sticky oatmeal, and ended with clammy cakes, between which was much horror.

When first his hand, warm in life, touched the clammy flesh of a corpse, he shuddered.

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On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to clammy, such as: close, dank, drizzly, moist, mucid, and mucous.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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