frost-bound
Example Sentences
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Her green eyes shine through the frost-bound floes, and light the depths of the Northern seas.”
From The Fairies and the Christmas Child by Gask, Lilian
We were in the midst of the cruel, bitter winter; the earth was frost-bound, hard and cold, even as now.
From The Diamond Fairy Book by Various
Gone," said the fern, "from your frost-bound touch; Gone from your winter's heart.
From Provocations by Bristowe, Sibyl
The sight of the familiar scenes had banished the “Dread of the Wild” from the minds of the two men, and their spirits rose as they approached the frost-bound river below their home.
From In the Brooding Wild by Cullum, Ridgwell
But we might expect to see the whole wintry hemisphere, at any rate, frost-bound, since the sun radiates less than half as much heat on Mars as on the earth.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
