chilliness

Example Sentences

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Ms. Sheehy has a somewhat steely and slightly forbidding chilliness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

But ever since, Jane had sensed a certain chilliness creep into their relationship.

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2025

Colleagues were avoiding eye contact, giving off an air of chilliness in the elevator.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2019

If most people put their minds to it, they can tell stupidity from warmth; why, then, do so many still mistake intelligence for chilliness?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2018

The roar and chilliness of the dark water awakened my senses, and my heart constricted in my chest as I came up for air.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall