cold spell
Example Sentences
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Enduring the longest cold spell of his career, Betts was forced to retool.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
Temperatures are forecast to rise this week after last week’s cold spell.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
A brutal cold spell has settled across much of the U.S., and it’s testing electric grids like never before.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
The cold spell upends what had actually been a tepid winter, which along with rising Appalachia and Permian gas production, has driven what’s still a 32% decline in natural gas prices from their December peak.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026
They’d pile all this into a huge bed and sleep on until the cold spell blew over.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
