cold creeps
Example Sentences
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The very name of Exeter gave the members of presbytery the cold creeps.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
"But just think how the cold creeps will chase up and down the spinal column of that miserable sneak of a hobo when he glimpses this article," chuckled Thad.
From The Chums of Scranton High out for the Pennant by Ferguson, Donald
"My head aches and there are cold creeps running up and down my back," Edna told her.
From A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays by Blanchard, Amy Ella
They also broke through the side window with their "Tip-hist-toe" signal that always gives the girls cold creeps even in daytime.
From Phyllis by Johnson, Percy D.
When I got to thinking what likely might a-happened if I’d come along them five minutes sooner, Miss, I had cold creeps crawling all up and down the spine of my back!”
From Santa Fé's Partner Being Some Memorials of Events in a New-Mexican Track-end Town by Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone)
