frigidness

Example Sentences

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Its solemnity and frigidness mean it is also a place with a strong ethic of live-and-let-live.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2017

The cloisters old, expounded on their walls With paintings, the Beatic Verity, The which—adorning their religious halls, Enriched the frigidness of their Austerity.

From The Flowers of Evil by Baudelaire, Charles

Friction produces fire, and when there are wise hands to supply suitable material on both sides, a genial glowing heat is the result, which thaws out the frigidness that otherwise might exist.

From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John

"I have a purchase to make here," she said with as much frigidness in her tones as she could call up.

From The Motor Girls by Penrose, Margaret

In spite of their proverbial frigidness under all conditions, Boston's best began to get fidgety.

From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Lawson, Thomas William