Just gaining entry was difficult, and in many cases firefighters had to clamber up and lower themselves through windows.
We get down on all fours and clamber along a 40-foot fallen log.
All went well until the boat came under the lee of the steamer, and the men were about to clamber up the sides.
Before they could clamber down Koolau could have picked off the last man.
I believe that they clamber up the wire with their claws, walk along the tight-rope and bite the cabbage off with their teeth.
He therefore made a dash at the bank, and tried to clamber out.
It is extremely difficult to clamber up the rough sides of an African kopje.
All day they clamber up and down its core like insects in a giant tree.
How on earth did you manage to clamber on to the carriage when it was going at such a pace, while you were on a bike?
Sometimes they had to clamber up steep places on hands and knees.
"to climb with difficulty using hands and feet," late 14c., possibly frequentative of Middle English climben "to climb" (preterit clamb), or akin to Old Norse klembra "to hook (oneself) on." Related: Clambered; clambering.
