frost-bound
Example Sentences
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Cold, but stimulating and pleasant was the clear, dry air; and our frost-bound world sparkled in the wintry sun.
From Willing to Die by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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 Frank Andrew Munsey
But there are times when the devastating cold of the Polar regions descends upon the lonely ranges, as it had done upon the frost-bound cañon.
From The Greater Power by W. Herbert Dunton
A frost-bound coast, an icy sea, rain, hail, snow and tempest, were the greetings of the telegraph adventurers in their first movement toward Europe.
From The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
She had recovered from the first shock caused by Carroll’s news, but though she could face the situation more calmly, she could find no comfort anywhere—Vane was lying helpless and famishing, in the frost-bound wilderness.
From The Protector by Harold Bindloss
