coldly

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Karina initially approached BioTexCom to be a surrogate but chose not to proceed with the clinic, feeling they had treated her coldly in initial appointments with them.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

It’ll be purely sensational, purely prurient, even as it coldly rips through reputations, jobs and legacies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

“We’re not rodeo people,” my mother coldly informed me.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2024

The book traces that saga but also delves into Diane Foley’s dismay over what she portrays as a coldly bureaucratic U.S. government response to her son’s disappearance, two years before his death.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024

“Your honor is your own,” Taran answered coldly, “and so is your steed. What stone is in your shoe, Prince of Pen-Llarcau?”

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander