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spine-chilling

[spahyn-chil-ing] / ˈspaɪnˌtʃɪl ɪŋ /






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But what better way is there to make a monster than to draw from the scariest and most spine-chilling in the game?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2025

Narrator Kirby Heyborne fully commits to the breathless lyricism of Bradbury’s prose poetry, casting a delightfully spine-chilling spell, alive with drama, agape with wonder and bristling with delicious shivers.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2022

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

Extremely early-2010s-y show Game of Thrones is compared to: Deadwood What the review got right: “The series contains the kind of gorgeous vistas and spine-chilling moments you’d expect from a fantasy epic.”

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2019

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




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