gelid

Example Sentences

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But the Kuiper Belt, a torus-shaped ring of gelid objects, including the dwarf planet Pluto, will have its portrait taken by VRO in considerable detail.

From National Geographic • Jan. 9, 2024

This gelid past appealed to Brandon, who loves old things.

From Washington Post • May 10, 2021

It was a sunny, gelid afternoon just after Christmas.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 19, 2017

The burst of heat could bring joy to even the most grizzled of hard-core skiers by taking the edge off a gelid day.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2011

The water is gelid, murky; down there, past where the sand drops away and it’s deep, there are old rocks covered with slime, sunken logs, crayfish, leeches, huge pike with undershot jaws.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood