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frosty

[fraw-stee, fros-tee] / ˈfrɔ sti, ˈfrɒs ti /


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The meal turned frosty, however, as the group began to delve into specific policy ideas.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Price increases raise concern that consumers will buy fewer devices, reducing memory demand overall, as well as provoking worries about frosty relationships between the memory-chip companies and their biggest customers.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

When he entered the building that houses the destroyed reactor, he looked up and saw the frosty dark gray sky through the hole left by the drone.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

It is also the largest shareholder in Boohoo but has had a frosty relationship with the firm.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

Elizabeth Drinker opened her front door to find “a delightful, cool, frosty morning,” adding, “’Tis generally agreed that the fever is very much abated.”

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

Once we move to the “Mother” sequence, we’ve started to acclimate to the movie’s discomfiting rhythms — which is good considering that, if anything, Timothea and Lilith’s relationship with their mom is even frostier.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 24, 2025

The news got a much frostier reception from the Kremlin.

From New York Times Jan. 25, 2023

Tributes have also been paid by countries that had a frostier relationship with Abe and Japan.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2022

The U.S. envoy on Iran, Brian Hook, is visiting Europe, where he is likely to get a frostier reception from allies who support the nuclear deal.

From Reuters Jun. 25, 2019

This climate, damper and frostier even than at Rome, did no good to his chest.

From Saint Augustin by O'Sullivan, Vincent

“This day will come as inevitably as spring comes to replace even the frostiest winter.”

From Washington Times Apr. 17, 2023

The Bentley is capable of getting you anywhere on earth that you’re not likely to go, from the deepest deserts to the frostiest arctic to the autobahn at 187 miles per hour.

From The Verge Mar. 8, 2016

But even the frostiest fashion editor might be allowed a little smile of anticipation at the lineup for this year's London Fashion Week.

From Seattle Times Feb. 15, 2013

SE14bloke conjured up a scene to melt the frostiest of hearts.

From The Guardian May 27, 2010

My grandmother put on her frostiest look, but didn't answer him.

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl




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