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were clammy
adjective
Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.
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The animals were clammy in the heat.
My hands were clammy and my mouth was dry.
Nantz then congratulated Kellogg when the game was over, noting that his hands were clammy during their handshake.
The sheets on the bed were clammy when he got between them at night, and the darkness rang with the strident cacophony of the big tree crickets that had been waiting for this, their season".
On the night of the fourth day she woke up to find that her heart was beating fast and that her hands were clammy She knew that she was panicking.
With the introduction of Sajid Mahmood for his first match, and the retention of Robert Key, they fielded a side that looked to have more solidity and an affinity with what at the start were clammy conditions.
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He's clammy".
It's clammy and cold.
Then it's clammy and sticky again.
The air is damp and the jagged walls are clammy.
His smile doesn't waver, but his palms are clammy.
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