chilling

Example Sentences

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There’s something covertly chilling about taking some relatively banal aspect of real life and pushing it to its most extreme lengths — and there’s also so much that could go wrong trying.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Later, a stranger gleefully approaches Kornev, convinced he knows him, and the effect is chilling — a glitch in the matrix in which human connection briefly flourishes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Starring Eddie Marsan and Éanna Hardwicke, the film tells the fictional story of two bank employees who find themselves caught in a chilling and high-stakes situation.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

She said that exposing sex-crime victims “can also have a chilling effect on other people being willing to come forward.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

But for me, the most chilling aspect here is the automatic feel to it all.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed