CLAMMY in a Sentence
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11 example sentences for CLAMMY, such as:
1. His face was of a clammy pallor.
2. Her hand, with palm clammy with perspiration, slid into his.
3. Sweat broke out on Scarlett with clammy dampness, whenever this thought entered her mind.
4. The rain quickly penetrated Aunt Pitty's thin cloak until it hung in clammy folds about her.
5. When the sun rose there was a white fog, very warm and clammy, and more blinding than the night.
2. Her hand, with palm clammy with perspiration, slid into his.
3. Sweat broke out on Scarlett with clammy dampness, whenever this thought entered her mind.
4. The rain quickly penetrated Aunt Pitty's thin cloak until it hung in clammy folds about her.
5. When the sun rose there was a white fog, very warm and clammy, and more blinding than the night.
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Meanings and Examples of CLAMMY
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clammy
a. unpleasantly cool and humid
Classic Sentence:
1 Her hand, with palm clammy with perspiration, slid into his.
2 Sweat broke out on Scarlett with clammy dampness, whenever this thought entered her mind.
3 Her legs were leaden, trembling with fatigue and strain, and she shivered with cold from the clammy sweat that soaked her body.
4 The rain quickly penetrated Aunt Pitty's thin cloak until it hung in clammy folds about her.
5 His ribs were grim clear lines, his skin was clammy, his pulse was feeble but terrifyingly rapid.
6 His face was of a clammy pallor.
7 Grey and clammy and silent, even from the shuffling of the collieries, for the pits were working short time, and today they were stopped altogether.
8 The mud lay thick upon the stones, and a black mist hung over the streets; the rain fell sluggishly down, and everything felt cold and clammy to the touch.
9 Now, for the first time, the deep stillness of the place laid a clammy hand upon the spirits of the children.
10 When the sun rose there was a white fog, very warm and clammy, and more blinding than the night.
Example Sentence:
1 As I laid her down, I covered her ice-cold and clammy hand with mine: the feeble fingers shrank from my touch; the glazing eyes shunned my gaze.