clammed

Definition of clammednext
past tense of clam

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clammed
Verb
  • Conley, who had not fished since summer, had all of the energy of a plutonium sphere.
    Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Baseodiscus the Eldest, or B, as it is called for short, was fished from the wild between 1996 and 1998 and kept in a tank at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
    Marina Wang, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • State police noticed the trailer wasn't sealed and Singh indicated the seal was inside the cab.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The visitors picked their way across the rocky coastline, waving at the Islanders to move back and make space.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • McKinsey found that disciplined prioritization delivers 40% more value—not because leaders picked better priorities, but because the organization had room to absorb them.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Between the river’s source, entrusted to an order of Orthodox nuns, and its southern delta, where caviar bound for the Kremlin is harvested, the author journeys through a defiant country transformed by war, sanctions, and reinvigorated patriotism.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • This data represents a compilation of 'infostealer’ logs—credentials harvested from personal devices by third-party malware—that have been aggregated over time.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Topline Thousands of protesters gathered in Minneapolis on Friday to continue demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the city, bracing sub-zero temperatures weeks after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • On Shariati Street, a major north-south artery in the Iranian capital, 33-year-old Hasan made his way to a roundabout where friends had gathered to join protests.
    Sarah Dean, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • But the short-term pain reaped long-term benefits.
    Howard Schneider, USA Today, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Unlike the companies that spent trillions in the great American electric koolaid build out, Apple let others do it for them and then reaped the benefits.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2026
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“Clammed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clammed. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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