Definition of "clambering" [clambering]

• Of or relating to a plant, often one without tendrils, that sprawls or climbs. (adjective)

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• "The Spies performed prodigies of activity in clambering over the rooftops and cutting the streamers that fluttered from the chimneys."
• "An early foray into a crumbling French chateau begins as a bouncy test of Drake's athletic clambering, which is sharper and more fluid, but it quickly turns into a mad dash as the bad guys turn up and burn the relic to the ground."
• "One day, as we were clambering into the car, I looked down and saw something to make me smile."