chilling
Example Sentences
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“Now, my feet are on the ground and I’m chilling.”
From Los Angeles Times
Experts also cite a 2015 Supreme Court ruling that laws criminalising speech must be precise, not vague or overly broad, to avoid a "chilling effect" in which people self-censor for fear of prosecution.
From BBC
Chinese research submarines for the first time traveled thousands of feet beneath the Arctic ice this summer, a technical feat with chilling military and commercial implications for America and its allies.
Almost 200 years later, the electronic hearth offers plenty of chilling tales with which one can continue the tradition and honor the rattling chain of Jacob Marley’s ghost.
From Los Angeles Times
It was a phone call more chilling than the iconic opening scene from “Scream.”
From Los Angeles Times
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