frost-bound
Example Sentences
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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
It closed reluctantly, with a loud shrilling of its frost-bound hinges and frame.
From A Breath of Prairie and other stories by Marchand, J. N.
The roads were frost-bound and the trees leafless.
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Weyman, Stanley John
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
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
