chilling

Example Sentences

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The case has drawn sharp criticism from press freedom advocates, civil rights groups, and major news organizations, who warn that charging a journalist for covering a protest could usher in a chilling effect on newsgathering.

From Salon

It noted that Mr. Smith’s “expansive interpretation of ‘official act’ would raise significant constitutional concerns” by chilling free speech and association.

From The Wall Street Journal

While it was starting, he pulled up a stool between it and Cornelius, who was chilling in the tank with his prehensile tail wrapped around a twig.

From Literature

It also created a “chilling” effect among clinicians who were scared to share family-planning resources due to a fear of it affecting funding — even in countries with progressive policies on abortion.

From Salon

When the characters occasionally look at the camera, the effect is chilling, briefly but powerfully bridging the distance between then and now, them and us.

From Los Angeles Times