chilling

Example Sentences

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"It appears," said Housewife Marianne chillily, "that she has not been able to summon the emotion that would have enabled her to overcome her natural reluctance for exertion."

From Time Magazine Archive

There only blew a strange wind chillily,  And clouds were swept.

From An Anthology of Australian Verse by Stevens, Bertram

The wind was blowing chillily north-westward that night on the other side of our ant-hill shelter.

From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Cripps, Arthur Shearly

Bright little Miss Butterfly, I would try never to let a cold cloud pass chillily over your sunshiny head!

From Philistia by Allen, Grant

"Did you have a pleasant walk?" asked Mrs. Bowen, a breath more chillily than she had asked if they had a pleasant drive.

From Indian Summer by Howells, William Dean