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

It says something about San Francisco that even Canadians remark on the chilliness.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2022

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

It was a welcome change from the chilliness of the attic, although Ophie was beginning to wonder if it was the weather or the many ghosts of Daffodil Manor that made the rooms so cold.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland