frost-bound
Example Sentences
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We shall skim over these frost-bound roads; only we’ll get jolly red noses.
From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram
To be sure, Margaret argued, Canada was a very wild and frost-bound country, scarcely the place one would choose to travel over in search of further refinement.
From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller
But we might expect to see the whole wintry hemisphere, at any rate, frost-bound, since the sun radiates less than half as much heat on Mars as on the earth.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
She had recovered from the first shock caused by Carroll’s news, but though she could face the situation more calmly, she could find no comfort anywhere—Vane was lying helpless and famishing, in the frost-bound wilderness.
From The Protector by Bindloss, Harold
Then, when all was ready, the men took their poles and Nick broke out the frost-bound runners of the sled.
From In the Brooding Wild by Cullum, Ridgwell
