frost-bound
Example Sentences
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The little cavalcade sped swiftly on, for the frost-bound roads were pleasant travelling, and towards evening a dim mass appeared on the horizon, which presaged a fall of snow.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis
The sudden burst of vegetation—the rapid transition from the frost-bound durance of winter to the life and lightness of the young season, have a most exciting and exhilarating effect.
From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
Far over the broad, rolling prairies, as yet bare and frost-bound, the sun shone brightly.
From A Breath of Prairie and other stories by Marchand, J. N.
Occasionally the postmen have to encounter the difficulties arising from a frost-bound letter box.
From The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone by Tombs, Robert Charles
Surely she had wandered back into the cruel bitter winter, frost-bound and hard.
From The Diamond Fairy Book by Various
