frost-bound

Example Sentences

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To be sure, Margaret argued, Canada was a very wild and frost-bound country, scarcely the place one would choose to travel over in search of further refinement.

From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller

Fortunately, the wind veered to the north in the course of the evening; the weather became intensely cold, and in two hours the roads were once more hard and frost-bound.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington

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

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 Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

In January, 1754, he returned to Virginia, having in the depth of winter traversed the frost-bound backwoods, and risked his life in crossing the Alleghany river.

From A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood