nippy
Example Sentences
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On a nippy Monday night at the Zebulon in Frogtown, a man wearing a Jason Voorhees T-shirt steps onto a purple-lighted stage and stands next to a drum set.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
"Here you find luxury cars that you don't even see in Europe," joked Moustapha from the wheel of a nippy little Suzuki.
From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025
"It was everything that I felt like I was built for, although I was 5ft 3in. I was fast, nippy and not frightened to get stuck in," she says.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2023
Schiff’s rally, held on a nippy, mostly overcast morning, marked the start of a two-week statewide tour, with stops to include San Diego, Sacramento, Fresno and San Francisco.
From Washington Times • Feb. 11, 2023
One glorious, nippy November day when all of Holland was singing with me, the doorbell rang.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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