"Clammily" Quotes from Famous Books
... the water a purple glow that was to it like the ashen hue that beclouds the face of the dying. A filmy green spread over the land and there seemed to arise a miasmatic vapor like the breath of a brooding pestilence, which clung clammily to the earth and dulled all life." Every one felt the presence of trouble impending; one grave question breathed forth from the haunting music and, unspoken, trembled on every lip; one overmastering idea blended with and overpowered all others. "The land and ... — See America First • Orville O. Hiestand
... was climbing up the side of the liner as it lay towering over the tug like a mountain. His clothes hung about him clammily. He ... — The Girl on the Boat • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse |