frost-bound

Example Sentences

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Thousands, too, from the country, thinking to escape the dreary frost-bound months of rural life, flock to the city and join the enormous army of the unemployed.

From The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street by Munsey, Frank Andrew

Gone," said the fern, "from your frost-bound touch; Gone from your winter's heart.

From Provocations by Bristowe, Sibyl

The sudden burst of vegetation—the rapid transition from the frost-bound durance of winter to the life and lightness of the young season, have a most exciting and exhilarating effect.

From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James

Far over the broad, rolling prairies, as yet bare and frost-bound, the sun shone brightly.

From A Breath of Prairie and other stories by Marchand, J. N.

Amid the serenity of the mountains, as he sent his gaze roaming over the frost-bound horizons, all within him became pure and crystal-clear, his soul a very prism.

From The Later Life by Couperus, Louis