make one's blood run cold
Example Sentences
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Besides, the sight of Eli, as he made his way between the rocks, grunting and making all sorts of weird noises, was enough to make one's blood run cold.
From The Birthright by Hocking, Joseph
There are thirty-three pictures of Vander Werff, a number sufficient to make one's blood run cold.
From Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
It is enough to make one's blood run cold to think of it.
From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Fay, Amy
From just below rose such a squeaking and a scraping as would make one's blood run cold.
From Mary's Rainbow by Feehan, Mary Edward
Why, man, those cries make one’s blood run cold to listen to them!
From A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron by Hodgson, Edward S.
