Clambering
[klæmbərɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clamber
Checker: Selma
Examples
- The earliest way to get upward from the ground was that adopted by climbing animals in clambering up tree trunks, and by man himself in shinning up trees by aid of his arms and legs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Gudrun again watched Gerald climb out of the water, but this time slowly, heavily, with the blind clambering motions of an amphibious beast, clumsy. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Soon he saw many people clambering over the sides of the larger vessel and dropping into the boats. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- There was a group of sober little donkeys with naked, dusky children clambering about them, or sitting astride their rumps, or pulling their tails. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Clambering quickly aloft I grasped the edge of the eaves and drew myself to the surface of the roof above. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Finally a breach in the walls was made, and the Macedonians, clambering up the débris from their ships, stormed the city. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Checker: Selma