| But when I asked him for his opinion of missile-defense programs, the garrulous old scientist suddenly clammed up. |
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| I was born and raised in this state, clammed in its waters, went to school here, married a native New Yorker. |
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| Needless to say, the people that clammed up were not invited back for a second interview. |
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| This was a problem, because around my crushes I clammed up and became quieter and clumsier than ever. |
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| She replied that she wasn't talking about me, but when I asked her who was she talking about, she clammed up and could not answer. |
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| And efforts to gather information from workers who had a lucky escape at the site were in vain as they simply clammed up. |
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| When Peruvian authorities refused to send him back to Aruba, he clammed up. |
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| Months later, when I challenged Colonel Boyatt on this highly counterproductive order to his troops, he clammed up on me. |
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| A British research and development company, which claims to have invented a method to detect stealth aircraft, has clammed up on details about its technology. |
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| I became suspicious when somebody mentioned at an earlier meeting that there had been a change of name, but when I pressed them further they clammed up. |
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| She was with a group of women sitting on a garden wall, surrounded by a gaggle of children, who clammed up initially at my and the photographer's approach. |
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| A swarm of wasps got into a honey pot, and there they cloyed and clammed themselves till there was no getting out again. |
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