out cold
Example Sentences
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The new study shows that dark matter does not necessarily need to start out cold.
From Science Daily • Jan. 15, 2026
"I was knocked out cold and then after a couple of minutes you come around," he says.
From BBC • May 8, 2024
Your dad won’t be out cold in the La-Z-Boy in front of every Orioles game now.
From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2023
Glass lets in light and keeps out cold.
From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2022
One minute she was sorting campus mail, the next minute she was out cold.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
