frost-bound
Example Sentences
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He saw rich nectar-thawes, release the rigour Of th' icy North; from frost-bound Atlas hands, His adamantine fetters fall: green vigour Gladding the Scythian rocks and Libian sands.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
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
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
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
Gone," said the fern, "from your frost-bound touch; Gone from your winter's heart.
From Provocations by Bristowe, Sibyl
