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

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

The burst of heat could bring joy to even the most grizzled of hard-core skiers by taking the edge off a gelid day.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2011

The ice crackled in the puddles and on the gelid moat.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White