Adjective : clammy hands. ,She had a clammy feeling that something was wrong at home. From Dictionary.com.
And damp, as well: a kind of clamminess that clung to the skin and penetrated her clothing. From Wordnik.com. [If I Pay Thee Not In Gold]
The quality of the Mellasys hand was an oleaginous clamminess. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861] Reference
I was aware of a sudden clamminess; my mind resisted what he said. From Wordnik.com. [Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin]
A prickly clamminess crept down Duncan's back like a rain-soaked centipede. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of Felix Gunderson] Reference
And thankyou for making the damp clamminess of my homeland seem so beautiful. From Wordnik.com. [To Belong] Reference
A sickly clamminess enveloped him as he sensed some'thing sandpapering his soul. From Wordnik.com. [The Howling Stones]
It rode in from the sea, a sudden physical invasion of white obliterating clamminess. From Wordnik.com. [She Closed Her Eyes] Reference
He ran his hands slowly down her spine, and now all the clamminess was gone from them. From Wordnik.com. [Circles of Stone] Reference
She knew this feeling, that nausea, the clamminess in her armpits and the small of her back. From Wordnik.com. [Fly Away Home] Reference
"What do you mean, Nyrass?" asked Hero, his voice a little croaky from the sudden clamminess of his mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Hero Of Dreams]
Her stomach tightened and she had to run her palms over the front of her jeans to get rid of the clamminess. From Wordnik.com. [In the Midnight Hour] Reference
Feel a baby's skin for lumps and bumps, fever, clamminess, or a fast or unusual heartbeat or other sensations. From Wordnik.com. [Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph.D. and Jacqueline Nardi Eg: Using Your 5 Senses to Make Sense of Your Baby's Body Signs] Reference
It was hot and sticky out, and the growing crowd was adding to my overwhelming feeling of clamminess and unease. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted] Reference
The oppressive clamminess was intensified by the heat pouring from the bodies crammed cattle-like into the aisle. From Wordnik.com. [The bus ride from hell that I learned to love Oaxaca] Reference
Wind roared in their ears and when they strayed from the path, they found themselves knee deep in cold clamminess. From Wordnik.com. [Frost at Christmas]
Her clothes were damp, probably from her body melting the ice and frost, and the clamminess added to her suffering. From Wordnik.com. [In the Midnight Hour] Reference
"They buy pretty women, " she whispered, leaning against the palisades, waiting for the sense of clamminess to fade. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
Every now and then they would be buffeted by damp clamminess, and breathing would become yet harder and more noxious. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul]
He turned the great trout over and searched its clamminess for a sign of a missing piece of skin and could find none. From Wordnik.com. [Scales of Justice]
He could feel the reptilian clamminess of death on his skin, and he left him and scrabbled his way out into the open night. From Wordnik.com. [The Sound of Thunder]
Then wash them off the clamminess of the Sugar with warm. From Wordnik.com. [The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm] Reference
"He has a really confident handshake, no clamminess," one said. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories] Reference
More penetrating than its clamminess was the thought that Madame de. From Wordnik.com. [Lazarre] Reference
In the clamminess of his room, when the enchantment was gone, he said gravely. From Wordnik.com. [Free Air] Reference
The stock appeared to have a peculiar clamminess as his fingers closed around it. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain of the Kansas] Reference
The cold water that splashed away the clamminess of bed washed, too, the more vapoury fears from. From Wordnik.com. [Once Aboard the Lugger] Reference
The cold harrowing clamminess of the mist ran through my skin and senses; water through a sieve. From Wordnik.com. [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference
Unless the sea is broken by the wind, there is about it just before dawn a peculiar creeping clamminess. From Wordnik.com. [A Poor Man's House] Reference
I had never touched a bit of raw meat before, and the clamminess of the gory cut sent "creeps" all over me. From Wordnik.com. [Marion Harland's autobiography : the story of a long life,] Reference
Rodney reached out and laid a hand on John's shoulder, feeling the clamminess of his skin beneath his t-shirt. From Wordnik.com. [Wraithbait] Reference
I slide my hand over hers on the bench and leave it there, even though I’m tempted to pull away from her cold clamminess. From Wordnik.com. [Losing Faith] Reference
A clamminess. From Wordnik.com. [Son of a Witch]
Sweating with a cool feeling of clamminess. From Wordnik.com. [Latest articles - Homemakers] Reference
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