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
The frost-bound earth forbids indulgence in the grand chase; but it gives rare sport by driving the snipes and woodcocks—both migratory birds among the Chilterns—to the open waters of the running rivulet.
From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Reid, Mayne
Sometimes it is exported from Archangel, but this port is frost-bound for a great period of the year; moreover, most of the districts are nearer to the Baltic.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
Gone," said the fern, "from your frost-bound touch; Gone from your winter's heart.
From Provocations by Bristowe, Sibyl
But finally the crows rode up on the soft winds out of the South, and a benign sun broke the grip of these frost-bound hills, and gradually emptied their pockets of snow.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett
