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
The sight of the familiar scenes had banished the “Dread of the Wild” from the minds of the two men, and their spirits rose as they approached the frost-bound river below their home.
From In the Brooding Wild by Cullum, Ridgwell
Nevertheless, the foregoing made up the background of his reflections as he listened to more "Alceste," resumed after a short note had been written for Onesimus to carry back over the frost-bound roads to Chorlton.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
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
A frost-bound coast, an icy sea, rain, hail, snow and tempest, were the greetings of the telegraph adventurers in their first movement toward Europe.
From The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)
