chilling

Example Sentences

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This had a chilling effect on tech-loving individual investors.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

But it’s also likely to have a chilling effect on one of its hyperscaler peers, according to Jason Helfstein, head of internet research at Oppenheimer.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

She called the network’s decision to allow her contract to expire “a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize factually accurate reporting” that “sends a chilling message to the entire newsroom.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

But to resist chilling effects and their dangers over the long term, this would have to be the norm, not the exception.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

My face burns, and I turn away, but not before seeing the chilling map of silvery scars across his back.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir