frost-bound

Example Sentences

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The little cavalcade sped swiftly on, for the frost-bound roads were pleasant travelling, and towards evening a dim mass appeared on the horizon, which presaged a fall of snow.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis

Occasionally the postmen have to encounter the difficulties arising from a frost-bound letter box.

From The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone by Tombs, Robert Charles

It pushes up until the frost-bound trunk denies it further passage and there waits the first brief respite in the air above.

From Old Plymouth Trails by Packard, Winthrop

Then, when all was ready, the men took their poles and Nick broke out the frost-bound runners of the sled.

From In the Brooding Wild by Cullum, Ridgwell

To be sure, Margaret argued, Canada was a very wild and frost-bound country, scarcely the place one would choose to travel over in search of further refinement.

From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller