cold-shouldering
Example Sentences
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Arguably, too, you “should” treat her as a fellow victim, or “should” have been honest with her sooner, or “should” grasp you have more nuanced options than hot blaming or cold-shouldering.
From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2023
"When we come to the very first allegation about cold-shouldering her at the wedding... this allegation is demonstrably false, we say," Mr Caldecott said.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2021
The shop fronts face each other, running parallel to, but cold-shouldering, the bucolic view across the salty waters of Loch Linnhe and the small crofts on its far shore.
From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2012
The Motion Picture Academy also continued its cold-shouldering of Christopher Nolan: he was denied a Best Director nomination for Inception, as he had been two years ago for The Dark Knight.
From Time • Jan. 25, 2011
But now, thanks to Rae, cold-shouldering queen of thieves, I’m staring at a painful reminder of everything I wanted to forget.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
