clamber
verb (used with or without object)
to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty.
have clambered
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present perfectof clamber.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But the area around the town of Frontera Comalapa is also a valuable route for smuggling immigrants, thousands of who have clambered aboard trains to reach the U.S. border.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
A cluster of literature buffs have clambered aboard too.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2019
It’s the petulant, putrid response of the irresponsible revolutionary bedsit they barely seem to have clambered out of.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 26, 2015
Since then, selfie-seeking tourists have clambered up a sculpture of Dante Alighieri and have urinated in the dome of the city’s cathedral.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2015
The old man had fierce tufty eyebrows of his own, rather like a dragon’s, and he was altogether too imposing a figure for me to have clambered on as an infant.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
