make one's blood run cold
Example Sentences
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At the end of each stanza, the air was rent by a burst of war whoops that were calculated to make one's blood run cold.
From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul
It seems to make one's blood run cold.
From The Master Builder by Gosse, Edmund
Up they went towards the Æmilian villa with clamour and threats enough to make one’s blood run cold, and they must be far on their way to Bordigala Gergovia by this time.”
From More Bywords by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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.
This he wound 150 around his neck in the most reckless manner possible; it was quite enough to make one’s blood run cold to watch him.
From Hepsey Burke by Westcott, Frank N. (Frank Noyes)
