chilly
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On a chilly spring night, Caligiuri, wearing a hooded Adidas jacket and black sweatpants, stands in the center of a small soccer field on a bluff in Mission Viejo.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
The increase in temperature will not happen quickly, with chilly air expected to cling on for the next few days.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
I wasn’t alone and joined hundreds of others, spending a damp, chilly night trying to keep warm and sleep near one of the bonfires in St. James’s Park.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
“You would never think that America’s sweetheart would be so brilliant as this extremely chilly, withholding suburban housewife,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Hanako was chilly and knew her brother would be too, so she wrapped her arms around him.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
Vocabulary lists containing chilly
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