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spine-chilling

[spahyn-chil-ing] / ˈspaɪnˌtʃɪl ɪŋ /






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Dahlia Lithwick looks at how his rhetoric has been getting even more spine-chilling of late, and why we can’t afford to lose sight of what’s at stake.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2023

Unexpected Productions’ improv comedians will take inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe’s literary masterpieces and blend in audience ideas for “a spine-chilling experience” that combines comedy and dark themes.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2023

The unlikely meshing of gospel and rap, spine-chilling lyrics and clever sampling of Stevie Wonder’s “Pastime Paradise” would eventually turn the single into a chart-topping hit and catapult the rapper’s decades-long musical career.

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2022

It is the most hauntingly and psychologically complex ghost story I’ve ever seen, presented with an ambiguous gentility that is literally spine-chilling.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2021

And I began to hear his hoarse roaring, that aaonh cry as rich as gold or honey and as spine-chilling as the depths of an unsafe mine or a thou­sand angry bees.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel