gelid

Example Sentences

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But the Kuiper Belt, a torus-shaped ring of gelid objects, including the dwarf planet Pluto, will have its portrait taken by VRO in considerable detail.

From National Geographic • Jan. 9, 2024

Other offerings there sound like a warm hug in gelid form: Jasmine Milk Tea laced with chocolate-coated almond slivers, or Rhubarb Crumble with Toasted Anise.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2023

It was a sunny, gelid afternoon just after Christmas.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 19, 2017

The talks will draw together diplomats from a dozen countries that have striking differences on potential solutions for the Syrian war — and whose relations with Iran range from warm to outright gelid.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2015

Hills flattened into nothingness, lowlands rose until they merged with promontories, and every part of Durham was revealed and intelligible in the gelid light.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson