as in icy
lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling
after a clammy handshake, the two bitter rivals squared off for a no-holds-barred debate
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Recent Examples of clammy
What grip the film exerts is largely down to its clammy sensory qualities: the salty humidity felt in Jordana’s compositions, the ostentatious proportions and forbidding dimness of Myrte Beltman’s production, the sweaty sallowness of one face after another.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Aug. 2025
Halfway through the flight, the plane hit a rough patch, and my skin grew clammy.
—Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2025
Don’t characters who feel the cold, clammy hand of mortality creeping up their backs tend to do something more creative, more unconventional with their lives?
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 July 2025
Experts also warn Americans to monitor for signs of heat exhaustion—including heavy sweating, clammy skin and fainting.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Aug. 2025
Halfway through the flight, the plane hit a rough patch, and my skin grew clammy.
—Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2025
Don’t characters who feel the cold, clammy hand of mortality creeping up their backs tend to do something more creative, more unconventional with their lives?
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 July 2025
Experts also warn Americans to monitor for signs of heat exhaustion—including heavy sweating, clammy skin and fainting.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for clammy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clammy
Adjective
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In Nashville, Tennessee, a small nonprofit mobilized volunteers to check on elderly and homebound neighbors, salt icy driveways, and run emergency errands.—
Cat Ward,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Passengers faced a chilling ordeal when their cruise ship became stuck in icy Antarctic waters.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Her nurse scooped her up and ran to put her into a cold bath, and slowly the motions faded.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Ways to do that include cold showers, taking a nature walk, laughing, taking deep breaths, listening to something relaxing, or humming to yourself.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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Whether it's been a few days or a few years, a forkful of liver and onions will always deliver a dose of nostalgia—after all, this was the recipe so many Southern grandmas made to keep warm and fortified on an unseasonably chilly day.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2026
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The light wooden furniture, cosy space and Mediterranean menu offers a pleasant respite from the chilly damp of London’s winter.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Another child, a toddler, died at a Virginia hospital after being pulled from a frigid pond Monday, according to local police.—
Russ Bynum,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Saturday remains sharply frigid, with wind chills holding between 5 and 10 degrees.—
Justin Lewis,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Traditional robotics has addressed this by separating locomotion and manipulation into distinct controllers linked by state machines, resulting in slow, brittle, and unnatural behavior.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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It's typically dried rather than eaten raw, with a brittle shell and stringy pulp that's traditionally cracked open and steeped to make a mildly sweet, herbal tea.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Carden-Lovell recommends splurging on time off, taking advantage of shoulder season's lower prices, thinner crowds and cooler weather (outside spring break periods, of course).—
Natalie B. Compton The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
1 Feb. 2026
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The air 15 to 20 degrees cooler than usual, the 60s for Saturday morning qualifying and Saturday afternoon’s race.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Clammy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clammy. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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