How to Use clamber in a Sentence

clamber

verb

• The children clambered over the rocks.
• We clambered up the steep hill.
• The frame wasn’t large, though wide enough to clamber through.
  — Jonathan Lethem, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021
• Some clambered over the frosted mounds or walked their bikes through the piles of ice.
  — Iliana Magra, New York Times, 1 July 2019
• The rest of the team clambered over to the fossil, running their hands along the jagged surface.
  — Frank Hulley-Jones, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
• Within about 5 seconds, the bear clambers out through the shards of glass and runs away.
  — Tiffini Theisen, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 June 2018
• The teenage girl clambered out of the pool, ready to accept victory.
  — oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2019
• The robbers then clamber aboard, armed with bolt-cutters for which the freight-car locks are no match.
  — The Editors, National Review, 20 Jan. 2022
• When the downpour began, the dogs tried to clamber onto the roofs of their kennels.
  — Jorge C. Carrasco, New York Times, 30 May 2024
• Each time, Janet and I had to clamber over a wall, into our yard, for safety.
  — Jo Stougaard, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2021
• Inside the West Wing, staffers again clambered for a response.
  — Kevin Liptak, CNN, 17 May 2017
• Shirlee clambered up onto the porch and dropped down beside her.
  — Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• Willis, his Shih Tzu, clambers onto the sofa and curls up.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• Residents clambered over the frosted mounds or walked their bikes through the piles of ice.
  — Iliana Magra, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2019
• Nicholas wears a fur suit, clambers down chimneys and gives presents to good children.
  — Daniel Burke, CNN, 6 Dec. 2019
• Rather than take a long walk around, some locals clamber over the tracks and dash across four lanes of 65-mph traffic.
  — USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
• Her young daughter clambered up and down the steps in flip-flops, and the mailman brought a handful of envelopes.
  — USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2017
• In the lungs, the larvae claw their way out of the organ's tiny air sacs and then clamber up to the windpipe to the pharynx to be coughed and swallowed.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2018
• At going-home-time three small children clamber around in the branches of a tree.
  — The Economist, 12 Oct. 2017
• Children clambered up the spiral staircase to see if there was a princess in the tower.
  — New York Times, 12 July 2019
• Freya liked to clamber on top of small boats, damaging them.
  — Michael Goldberg, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2022
• The boy kissed his father and hugged him and clambered onto his shoulders.
  — JerÉ Longman, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2017
• Instead, the three floors are all on the same level, and the actors mime clambering up and down the steps that connect them.
  — Terry Teachout, WSJ, 27 July 2017
• Some of the members of Congress who’d leaped off the bandwagon clambered back on.
  — Christina Cauterucci, Slate Magazine, 21 Apr. 2017
• Harding clambered over the top of the wall at about 6 a.m. on Nov. 12, with Mr. Merry and Whitmore close behind.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Dec. 2019
• Over the next several stops, about a half-dozen men and women clambered aboard.
  — Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2020
• The journey ended with a splash: Priyadarshini and the team clambered out and waded through waist-high water to reach the shore.
  — Amrit Dhillon, The Seattle Times, 14 Apr. 2019
• Throngs of migrants sought to flee by running along the tops of freight cars, while others clambered down to the ground and headed into the brush.
  — Washington Post, 28 June 2019
• Children clamber across playground equipment or, in the summer months, cool off in the spray shower.
  — Christina Ray Stanton, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
• Some clambered over the mountains of rubble, still smoking in some places, greedily edging one another out to get the best shots.
  — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024