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
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)
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)
The thought was enough to make one’s blood run cold.
From Within the Tides by Conrad, Joseph
I had a long talk to-day with a trustworthy man from there, and his story was enough to make one's blood run cold.
From A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium by Gibson, Hugh
