make one's blood run cold
Example Sentences
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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
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)
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
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
