spine-chilling
Example Sentences
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The best film goes first: It’s about a father-daughter camping trip that goes horribly wrong at the hands of a creepy-looking park ranger and, in a spine-chilling scene, living sand.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 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
Ledgerwood says Bell’s voice “could go so quickly from a sultry coo to an absolutely spine-chilling shriek.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2021
“This is a spine-chilling message that there is no safe place for critics of the monarchy,” said Sunai Phasuk, a Bangkok-based researcher for Human Rights Watch.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2020
No sooner had Jasper Jr. knocked me to the ground than I heard Bull cut loose with a spine-chilling wail.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
