clamber
verb (used with or without object)
to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty.
clambers
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present tense formof clamber (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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A hiker clambers across a scorched landscape of ash, his footsteps crunching on charred earth as he peers over a ridge at a burn scar pocked with blackened stumps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025
She dashes up the aisle or clambers over seats to meet people where they’re at.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
Staticky, menacing voices croak from old radios and Michael Burgess’s camera beckons us into underground tunnels and clambers up walls on the heels of the villain and his victims.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
In a separate clip, also filmed from the crush of the crowd of several hundred people, a woman clambers over the wall.
From Reuters ● Aug. 19, 2021
She clambers forward, scooting to look over Serenity’s shoulder.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
